CM7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Braintree, Bocking and Galley's Corner, in 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 CM7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CM7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CM7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CM7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CM7 at a rate of 73.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.3 per 1,000 people across the CM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 389 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CM7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,718), other crime (716) and anti-social behaviour (446).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CM7 was 75.7 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 CM7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CM7 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 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 CM7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree 005A | 2,167 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.7% |
| Braintree 005B | 1,373 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 39.5% |
| Braintree 005C | 1,443 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 37.5% |
| Braintree 005D | 1,295 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.2% |
| Braintree 007A | 1,411 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% |
| Braintree 007B | 1,614 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Braintree 007C | 1,558 | 19.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.3% |
| Braintree 007D | 2,039 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.9% |
| Braintree 007E | 1,493 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.1% |
| Braintree 008A | 1,264 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Braintree 008B | 1,539 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.5% |
| Braintree 008C | 2,543 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| Braintree 008D | 2,105 | 85.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Braintree 009A | 1,815 | 50.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.4% |
| Braintree 009B | 1,765 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.4% |
| Braintree 009D | 2,472 | 165.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.1% |
| Braintree 009E | 1,634 | 75.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Braintree 009F | 1,755 | 216.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| Braintree 010A | 1,687 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Braintree 010B | 1,639 | 22.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Braintree 011A | 1,570 | 189.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.3% |
| Braintree 011B | 1,728 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Braintree 011C | 2,121 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Braintree 011E | 1,525 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Braintree 011F | 1,405 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Braintree 011G | 1,483 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Braintree 012C | 1,479 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| Braintree 012D | 2,818 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Braintree 013B | 1,697 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
MPs for CM7
- Sir James CleverlyConservativeMP for Braintree100% of CM7’s postcodes
- Mrs Kemi BadenochConservativeMP for North West Essex0.1% of CM7’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.
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CM7 in brief
CM7 is a postcode district covering Braintree, Bocking and Galley's Corner, in Braintree.
About 53,960 people lived in CM7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 817 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CM7 was £320,000 in 2025.
CM7 had 51,340 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CM7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CM7, 92.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.