CM12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Billericay, Queen's Park and Gooseberry Green, in Basildon.
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 CM12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CM12, 89.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CM12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CM12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CM12 at a rate of 55.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.3 per 1,000 people across CM.
In August 2026 alone, 85 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CM12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (381), shoplifting (207) and other crime (182).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CM12 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 CM12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CM12 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CM12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basildon 001D | 1,553 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.9% |
| Basildon 001E | 1,576 | 14.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.8% |
| Basildon 002A | 1,456 | 81.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| Basildon 002B | 1,452 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.3% |
| Basildon 002C | 1,508 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.3% |
| Basildon 002D | 1,547 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| Basildon 002E | 1,381 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.4% |
| Basildon 003E | 1,499 | 155.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.4% |
| Basildon 004A | 1,545 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.5% |
| Basildon 004B | 1,769 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.0% |
| Basildon 004C | 1,537 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.7% |
| Basildon 004D | 1,501 | 8.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Basildon 009A | 1,502 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.0% |
MPs for CM12
- Mr Richard HoldenConservativeMP for Basildon and Billericay100% of CM12’s postcodes
- Alex BurghartConservativeMP for Brentwood and Ongar0.4% of CM12’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 CM122
Postcode sectors in CM123
Council1
Towns in CM121
Postcode districts next to CM124
Nearest rail stations3
More in the CM postcode area2
CM12 in brief
CM12 is a postcode district covering Billericay, Queen's Park and Gooseberry Green, in Basildon.
About 20,185 people lived in CM12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £500,000 in 2025 across 362 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 55.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CM12 was £500,000 in 2025.
CM12 had 20,043 usual residents at the census.
In CM12, 89.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CM12, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.