CM8 3SY

Silver End & Cressing · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Witham
Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CM8
Postcode sector
CM8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM8 3QD 35 m
CM8 3SS 68 m
CM8 3SF 131 m
CM8 3ST 132 m
CM8 3QA 146 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM8 3SY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM8
Postcode sector
CM8 3
Latitude
51.846913
Longitude
0.627105
British National Grid easting
581,052
British National Grid northing
219,741

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Braintree · E07000067
Parish or community
E04003926
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00108508
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 015A · E01021362
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 015 · E02004460

Postcode source versions

Explore CM8

47 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Crittall Close, Silver End, Witham, CM8 3SY 28 March 2025 £155,000
10, Crittall Close, Silver End, Witham, CM8 3SY 29 October 2021 £219,000
1, Crittall Close, Silver End, Witham, CM8 3SY 26 January 2021 £139,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Silver End Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    324 m
  2. Rivenhall Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km
  3. Cressing Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
289
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 144
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Other theft 23
  • Public order 23
  • Criminal damage and arson 22

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

15 female, 12 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
1.9
CM8 3 residents
7,333

Age bands in CM8 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,427 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

738 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

1,969 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

2,113 residents

Age 65 and over
21.9%

1,754 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM8 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • SILVER END SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, BROADWAY, SILVER END, WITHAM, CM8 3RQ

    ODS code Y05023

    314 m

  • THE COGGESHALL SURGERY

    STONEHAM ST, COGGESHALL, COLCHESTER, CO6 1UH

    ODS code F81730

    4.9 km

  • COLLINGWOOD ROAD SURGERY

    40 COLLINGWOOD ROAD, WITHAM, CM8 2DZ

    ODS code F81635

    4.9 km

  • DOUGLAS GROVE SURGERY

    DOUGLAS GROVE, WITHAM, CM8 1TE

    ODS code F81173

    5.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Temple Ln

    BCT · Silver End

    0.0 miles
  • Temple Ln

    BCT · Silver End

    0.1 miles
  • Boars Tye Road

    BCT · Silver End

    0.2 miles
  • Grooms Lane

    BCT · Silver End

    0.2 miles
  • Boars Tye Road

    BCT · Silver End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 015A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

20,120 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £187,000 from 2 recorded sales in CM8 3SY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Braintree is £330,637 in June 2026, up 2.0% year on year.

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Silver End Academy is the nearest published school at 324 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

289 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 144 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.