CM8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Witham, Chipping Hill and Powers Hall End, in Braintree and Maldon.
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 CM8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CM8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CM8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CM8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CM8 at a rate of 71.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.3 per 1,000 people across the CM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 243 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CM8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,226), other crime (529) and anti-social behaviour (327).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CM8 was 70.9 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 CM8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CM8 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CM8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree 012A | 1,892 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| Braintree 012B | 1,773 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.0% |
| Braintree 015A | 2,310 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.8% |
| Braintree 015B | 1,536 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.5% |
| Braintree 015C | 1,546 | 95.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Braintree 015D | 1,730 | 71.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.5% |
| Braintree 015E | 1,249 | 84.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.3% |
| Braintree 015F | 1,397 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.5% |
| Braintree 016A | 1,590 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Braintree 016B | 1,486 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Braintree 016C | 1,342 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.2% |
| Braintree 016D | 1,324 | 82.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.1% |
| Braintree 017A | 1,564 | 133.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.0% |
| Braintree 017B | 1,933 | 183.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.9% |
| Braintree 017C | 1,717 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.8% |
| Braintree 017E | 1,749 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Braintree 017F | 2,081 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.9% |
| Braintree 017G | 1,506 | 26.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Braintree 017H | 1,034 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.3% |
| Braintree 018E | 2,252 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Maldon 002C | 2,086 | 24.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.7% |
MPs for CM8
- Priti PatelConservativeMP for Witham100% of CM8’s postcodes
- Sir James CleverlyConservativeMP for Braintree0.1% of CM8’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 CM83
Postcode sectors in CM84
Councils CM8 covers2
Towns in CM81
Postcode districts next to CM84
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CM postcode area2
CM8 in brief
CM8 is a postcode district covering Witham, Chipping Hill and Powers Hall End, in Braintree and Maldon.
About 37,687 people lived in CM8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £340,000 in 2025 across 622 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CM8 was £340,000 in 2025.
CM8 had 35,455 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CM8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CM8, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.