Property market
The five-year median is £325,000 from 2,246 recorded sales in CO9. 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.
CO9
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,201
- Current units
- 928
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 12
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 273
Postcode sectors in CO9
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
16,431 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 8, Blamsters Crescent, Halstead, CO9 1AG | 22 July 2026 | £310,000 |
| 5, Edmund Green, Gosfield, Halstead, CO9 1UF | 17 July 2026 | £402,000 |
| 12, Upper Trinity Road, Halstead, CO9 1EE | 10 July 2026 | £340,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 17
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,432
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 658
- Other theft 111
- Public order 111
- Anti social behaviour 109
- Criminal damage and arson 106
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CO9 usual residents
- 27,821
- Age-profile population
- 27,893
Age bands in CO9
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.4%
- 4,568 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- 2,777 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.4%
- 6,244 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.6%
- 7,985 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22.7%
- 6,319 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 903 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 817 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 625 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 19 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
HEDINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
10 FALCON SQUARE, CASTLE HEDINGHAM, HALSTEAD, CO9 3BY
ODS code Y00293
THE ELIZABETH COURTAULD SURGERY
FACTORY LANE WEST, HALSTEAD, CO9 1EX
ODS code F81068
Evidence in context
Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,432 published events cover 12 months, averaging 119 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 658 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.