CO9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Halstead and Sible Hedingham, 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 CO9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CO9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CO9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CO9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CO9 at a rate of 49.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across the CO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 157 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CO9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (635), other crime (288) and anti-social behaviour (129).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CO9 was 53.7 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 CO9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CO9 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 CO9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree 001C | 2,217 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| Braintree 001D | 2,303 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.1% |
| Braintree 002A | 1,470 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.5% |
| Braintree 003A | 1,944 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.2% |
| Braintree 003B | 2,458 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.7% |
| Braintree 003C | 1,692 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.4% |
| Braintree 003D | 1,725 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.8% |
| Braintree 004A | 2,120 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 68.7% |
| Braintree 004B | 1,780 | 92.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.2% |
| Braintree 004C | 1,676 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.3% |
| Braintree 004D | 1,735 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 63.9% |
| Braintree 004E | 1,574 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.1% |
| Braintree 006A | 2,165 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 67.2% |
| Braintree 006B | 1,859 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Braintree 007F | 1,225 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.2% |
MPs for CO9
- Sir James CleverlyConservativeMP for Braintree97% of CO9’s postcodes
- Priti PatelConservativeMP for Witham3.0% of CO9’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 CO92
Postcode sectors in CO95
Council1
Towns in CO91
Postcode districts next to CO96
More in the CO postcode area2
CO9 in brief
CO9 is a postcode district covering Halstead and Sible Hedingham, in Braintree.
About 29,168 people lived in CO9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £342,500 in 2025 across 402 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CO9 was £342,500 in 2025.
CO9 had 27,892 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CO9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CO9, 83.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.