CO9 3AP

Stour Valley South · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Halstead
Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree
Postcode district
CO9
Postcode sector
CO9 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO9 2SN 540 m
CO9 3AR 641 m
CO9 2PS 824 m
CO9 2SJ 1.0 km
CO9 2SH 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO9 3AP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO9
Postcode sector
CO9 3
Latitude
51.984958
Longitude
0.654801
British National Grid easting
582,399
British National Grid northing
235,160

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Braintree · E07000067
Parish or community
E04003899
Westminster constituency
Braintree · E14001121
Output area
E00108689
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 002A · E01021398
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 002 · E02004447

Postcode source versions

Explore CO9

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Egypt Cottages, 1, Little Maplestead Road, Gestingthorpe, Halstead, CO9 3AP 22 December 2021 £405,000
Egypt Cottages, 2, Little Maplestead Road, Gestingthorpe, Halstead, CO9 3AP 29 March 2021 £405,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
7
Secondary
2
  1. St Giles' Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.8 km
  2. St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh

    Voluntary aided school

    3.5 km
  3. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead

    Academy converter

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
19
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 8
  • Burglary 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Drugs 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

1 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
1.5
CO9 3 residents
6,409

Age bands in CO9 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

1,079 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

640 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.5%

1,442 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

1,766 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

1,484 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO9 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

2

within 5 km

  • HEDINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    10 FALCON SQUARE, CASTLE HEDINGHAM, HALSTEAD, CO9 3BY

    ODS code Y00293

    3.9 km

  • THE ELIZABETH COURTAULD SURGERY

    FACTORY LANE WEST, HALSTEAD, CO9 1EX

    ODS code F81068

    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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Water Tower

    BCT · Little Maplestead

    0.6 miles
  • Water Tower

    BCT · Little Maplestead

    0.6 miles
  • Church Rd

    BCT · Little Maplestead

    0.7 miles
  • Church Rd

    BCT · Little Maplestead

    0.7 miles
  • Honewood Yard

    BCT · Gestingthorpe

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 002A, 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

17,011 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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 £405,000 from 1 recorded sale in CO9 3AP. 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Giles' Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

19 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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