CB9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Haverhill, Parkway and Clements, in West Suffolk and Braintree.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CB9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 2% of people in CB9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CB9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB9 at a rate of 64.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 151 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,056), other crime (443) and criminal damage and arson (215).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB9 was 60.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in CB9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB9 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CB9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree 001A | 1,086 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.2% |
| Braintree 001B | 1,415 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.0% |
| West Suffolk 018A | 2,215 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.0% |
| West Suffolk 018B | 2,581 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 64.6% |
| West Suffolk 019A | 1,820 | 57.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| West Suffolk 019B | 2,761 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| West Suffolk 019C | 1,332 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| West Suffolk 019D | 1,817 | 113.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.3% |
| West Suffolk 020A | 1,784 | 88.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.1% |
| West Suffolk 020B | 2,309 | 69.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.3% |
| West Suffolk 020C | 1,592 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| West Suffolk 020D | 1,852 | 101.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.3% |
| West Suffolk 020E | 2,111 | 134.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.2% |
| West Suffolk 020F | 1,504 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.0% |
| West Suffolk 021A | 2,305 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.6% |
| West Suffolk 021B | 2,245 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| West Suffolk 021C | 1,519 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| West Suffolk 021D | 1,480 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
MPs for CB9
- Nick TimothyConservativeMP for West Suffolk89% of CB9’s postcodes
- Sir James CleverlyConservativeMP for Braintree11% of CB9’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CB95
Postcode sectors in CB95
Councils CB9 covers2
Towns in CB91
Postcode districts next to CB96
More in the CB postcode area2
CB9 in brief
CB9 is a postcode district covering Haverhill, Parkway and Clements, in West Suffolk and Braintree.
About 34,634 people lived in CB9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £290,000 in 2025 across 487 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB9 was £290,000 in 2025.
CB9 had 33,019 usual residents at the census.
About 2% of people in CB9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB9, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.