CM6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Great Dunmow, in Uttlesford.
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 CM6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CM6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CM6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CM6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CM6 at a rate of 50.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.3 per 1,000 people across the CM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 163 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CM6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (640), other crime (282) and anti-social behaviour (179).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CM6 was 46.1 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 CM6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CM6 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CM6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttlesford 004A | 1,854 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.2% |
| Uttlesford 004B | 2,255 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.1% |
| Uttlesford 006D | 1,730 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.7% |
| Uttlesford 006H | 1,341 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.7% |
| Uttlesford 006I | 1,285 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.3% |
| Uttlesford 007B | 1,919 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 64.0% |
| Uttlesford 007C | 1,999 | 63.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.2% |
| Uttlesford 007D | 1,232 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.1% |
| Uttlesford 007E | 2,284 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Uttlesford 007F | 1,585 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.6% |
| Uttlesford 008A | 1,646 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.5% |
| Uttlesford 008B | 1,921 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.9% |
| Uttlesford 008D | 1,598 | 68.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.0% |
| Uttlesford 008E | 1,726 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.7% |
| Uttlesford 008F | 1,935 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.8% |
| Uttlesford 008G | 2,210 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| Uttlesford 009D | 2,094 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.4% |
MPs for CM6
- Mrs Kemi BadenochConservativeMP for North West Essex79% of CM6’s postcodes
- Sir James CleverlyConservativeMP for Braintree19% of CM6’s postcodes
- Chris VinceLabour (Co-op)MP for Harlow2.7% of CM6’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 CM62
Postcode sectors in CM65
Council1
Towns in CM61
Postcode districts next to CM610
More in the CM postcode area2
CM6 in brief
CM6 is a postcode district covering Great Dunmow, in Uttlesford.
About 30,658 people lived in CM6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £465,000 in 2025 across 616 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CM6 was £465,000 in 2025.
CM6 had 29,394 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CM6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CM6, 87.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.