CM8 3ZN

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 3SP 57 m
CM8 3ZW 58 m
CM8 3ZP 129 m
CM8 3SW 137 m
CM8 3ZQ 154 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM8 3ZN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM8
Postcode sector
CM8 3
Latitude
51.847425
Longitude
0.630780
British National Grid easting
581,303
British National Grid northing
219,807

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

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
67, Dunscombe Drive, Silver End, Witham, CM8 3ZN 11 December 2025 £723,088

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

    428 m
  2. Rivenhall Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.6 km
  3. Chatten Free School

    Free schools special

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
284
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 143
  • Anti social behaviour 27
  • Public order 23
  • Other theft 22
  • Criminal damage and arson 22

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • SILVER END SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y05023

    573 m

  • THE COGGESHALL SURGERY

    STONEHAM ST, COGGESHALL, COLCHESTER, CO6 1UH

    ODS code F81730

    4.7 km

  • KELVEDON & FEERING HEALTH CENTRE

    46 HIGH STREET, KELVEDON, COLCHESTER, CO5 9AG

    ODS code F81011

    4.8 km

  • COLLINGWOOD ROAD SURGERY

    40 COLLINGWOOD ROAD, WITHAM, CM8 2DZ

    ODS code F81635

    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

    0.2 miles
  • Temple Ln

    BCT · Silver End

    0.2 miles
  • Grooms Lane

    BCT · Silver End

    0.2 miles
  • Boars Tye Road

    BCT · Silver End

    0.2 miles
  • Grooms Lane

    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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £723,088 from 1 recorded sale in CM8 3ZN. 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 428 m.

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

Recorded crime

284 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 143 events.

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