# CM8 3UQ: area report for a postcode in Braintree

CM8 3UQ is a postcode in Braintree.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Braintree. Open the map at CM8 3UQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree) › [CM8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm8) › [CM8 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm8-3)

## Around this postcode

- **6 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 25% on July. Braintree 017B: 184 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ
- **Witham, 840 m**: About 10 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ
- **No schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 1.5 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ
- **No property in CM8 3UQ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Braintree 017B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ
- **£328,477 average price**: For the whole of Braintree, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 750 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 230 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ
- **81.3% can get gigabit broadband at CM8 3UQ**: Superfast for 81.3%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ
- **Low road and rail noise at CM8 3UQ**: Road 53 dB, rail 40 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ
- **11.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Templars Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/templars-academy-e142813) | Primary | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lift Maltings](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lift-maltings-e135653) | Secondary | 1.6 km (19 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 40.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Elm Hall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/elm-hall-primary-school-e146695) | Primary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2024 | 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Howbridge Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/howbridge-infant-school-e114951) | Primary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2023 | – |
| [Howbridge Church of England Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/howbridge-church-of-england-junior-school-e140666) | Primary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lift New Rickstones](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lift-new-rickstones-e135651) | Secondary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2023 | Attainment 8 of 42.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Witham Oaks Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/witham-oaks-academy-e139871) | Primary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Acorn Infant Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/acorn-infant-academy-e147255) | Primary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 2024 | £135,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 270 m |
| December 2025 | £152,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 390 m |
| February 2024 | £375,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 440 m |
| July 2025 | £490,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 450 m |
| October 2023 | £418,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 460 m |
| March 2024 | £318,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 480 m |
| April 2026 | £450,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 480 m |
| July 2024 | £625,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 530 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Witham (840 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: WITHAM HEALTH CENTRE (750 m); COLLINGWOOD ROAD SURGERY (910 m)
- Pharmacies: WITHAM PHARMACY (840 m); BOOTS (920 m)
- Dental practices: WITHAM HEALTH CENTRE (750 m); WITHAM HEALTH CENTRE (750 m); NEWLANDS DENTAL SURGERY (800 m); DENTAL SURGERY (950 m); BLAKE DENTAL (950 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar-Witham (230 m, Spar); Tesco Witham Superstore (830 m, Tesco); Morrisons Rivenhall Witham (930 m, Morrisons); Iceland Witham (950 m, Iceland)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £328,477** (July 2026). Braintree’s average house price was £328,477 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.6% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £39,712** (2025). Full-time workers living in Braintree earned a median of £39,712 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 148th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.3×** (2025). A home in Braintree costs 8.3 times local full-time pay. Joint 115th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 16.6** (2025). Braintree has a deprivation score of 16.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 119th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Braintree 017B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 13.7** (2025). Braintree 017B has a deprivation score of 13.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 12,988th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £198,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Braintree 017B was £198,750 in 2025. Joint 6,453rd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,933** (2021). Braintree 017B had 1,933 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 6,515th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 77.9%** (January 2026). In Braintree 017B, 77.9% 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.

## CM8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £340,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CM8 was £340,000 in 2025. Joint 851st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 35,455** (2021). CM8 had 35,455 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 635th most 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in CM8 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.3%** (January 2026). In CM8, 90.3% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree)
- Centre: 51.8049, 0.6512

Council: [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Witham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/witham): Priti Patel (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.6512,51.8049,CM83UQ

## How to cite

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