# CM5 Postcode district covering Chipping Ongar, Shelley and Moreton, in Epping Forest. CM5 is a postcode district covering Chipping Ongar, Shelley and Moreton, in Epping Forest. Median sale price £483,000 in 2025. Postcode district. Code CM5. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [CM](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm) 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 CM5 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population) ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £483,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CM5 was £483,000 in 2025. 321st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm5#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 11,827** (2021). CM5 had 11,827 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 828th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm5#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in CM5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm5#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.2%** (January 2026). In CM5, 88.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm5#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=CM5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in CM5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=CM5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 140 homes were sold in CM5 in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=CM5) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for CM5. - [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=CM5) (Census 2021, England and Wales): CM5 had 11,827 usual residents at the census. ## How CM5 compares Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers. | Measure | CM5 | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £483,000 | 8th most expensive | 25 postcode districts, CM · 2025 | | Population | 11,827 | 6th least populated | 27 postcode districts, CM · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 27 postcode districts, CM · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 88.2% | 14th highest | 27 postcode districts, CM · Jan 2026 | ## Is CM5 safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CM5 at a rate of 53.7 per 1,000 people. That compares with 77.3 per 1,000 people across the CM postcode area. In August 2026 alone, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CM5. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (258), other crime (107) and anti-social behaviour (93). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CM5 was 56.0 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 CM5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CM5 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in CM5 | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Epping Forest 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021769) | 2,464 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 74.5% | | [Epping Forest 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021796) | 2,390 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.8% | | [Epping Forest 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021753) | 1,644 | 87.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.4% | | [Epping Forest 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021754) | 1,533 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.3% | | [Epping Forest 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021755) | 1,204 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% | | [Epping Forest 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021802) | 2,760 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.4% | ## Your MP - [Brentwood and Ongar](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/brentwood-and-ongar): Alex Burghart (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here. - [Harlow](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/harlow): Chris Vince (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here. - [North West Essex](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-west-essex): Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Middle areas in CM5 [Chipping Ongar](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/chipping-ongar), [Fyfield, High Ongar & Stapleford Abbotts](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/fyfield-high-ongar-and-stapleford-abbotts) ## Postcode sectors in CM5 [CM5 0 (244 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm5-0), [CM5 5 (9 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm5-5), [CM5 9 (196 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm5-9) ## Council [Epping Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest) ## Postcode districts next to CM5 [CM1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm1), [CM4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm4), [CM6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm6), [CM14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm14), [CM15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm15), [CM16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm16), [CM17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm17), [RM4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm4) ## More in the CM postcode area [All CM postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) ## CM5 in brief CM5 is a postcode district covering Chipping Ongar, Shelley and Moreton, in Epping Forest. About 12,141 people lived in CM5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £483,000 in 2025 across 140 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in CM5 was £483,000 in 2025. CM5 had 11,827 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in CM5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In CM5, 88.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Postcode district - Code: CM5 - Postcode area: [CM](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm) - Constituency: [Brentwood and Ongar †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/brentwood-and-ongar) - Council: [Epping Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest) - Area: 105 km² - People, mid-2024: 12,141* - Neighbourhoods: 6 - Output areas: 35 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [CM17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm17), [CM6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm6), [CM4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm4), [RM4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm4), [CM16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm16), [CM15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm15) ## Latest updates for CM5 - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/CM5 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm5, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm5#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm5