Boreham

Boreham is covered by postcode district CM3. It is in the Chelmsford council area, Essex.

Typical price £425,000 Homes sold in Boreham, last 12 months. ▲ 9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 76 of 88 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Boreham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Boreham, by flood risk Of the 89 postcodes in Boreham that ONS places, 89 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Boreham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A12 CM3 3AA: not on the flood risk listCM3 3AB: not on the flood risk listCM3 3AD: not on the flood risk listCM3 3AE: not on the flood risk listCM3 3AF: not on the flood risk listCM3 3AG: not on the flood risk listCM3 3AR: not on the flood risk listCM3 3AS: not on the flood risk listCM3 3AW: not on the flood risk listCM3 3BH: not on the flood risk listCM3 3BN: not on the flood risk listCM3 3BP: not on the flood risk listCM3 3BQ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3BS: not on the flood risk listCM3 3BT: not on the flood risk listCM3 3BU: not on the flood risk listCM3 3BW: not on the flood risk listCM3 3BX: not on the flood risk listCM3 3BY: not on the flood risk listCM3 3BZ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DA: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DB: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DD: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DE: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DF: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DH: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DJ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DL: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DN: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DP: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DR: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DT: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DU: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DX: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DY: not on the flood risk listCM3 3DZ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EA: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EB: not on the flood risk listCM3 3ED: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EE: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EF: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EG: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EH: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EJ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EN: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EP: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EQ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3ER: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EX: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EY: not on the flood risk listCM3 3EZ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3FA: not on the flood risk listCM3 3FF: not on the flood risk listCM3 3FL: not on the flood risk listCM3 3FT: not on the flood risk listCM3 3GA: not on the flood risk listCM3 3GQ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3GR: not on the flood risk listCM3 3GS: not on the flood risk listCM3 3GU: not on the flood risk listCM3 3GW: not on the flood risk listCM3 3GX: not on the flood risk listCM3 3GY: not on the flood risk listCM3 3HB: not on the flood risk listCM3 3HD: not on the flood risk listCM3 3HE: not on the flood risk listCM3 3HG: not on the flood risk listCM3 3HQ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3HX: not on the flood risk listCM3 3HZ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JB: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JD: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JE: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JF: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JG: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JH: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JJ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JL: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JN: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JP: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JQ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JR: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JS: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JT: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JU: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JW: not on the flood risk listCM3 3JZ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3QA: not on the flood risk listCM3 3QB: not on the flood risk list Boreham Map of every postcode in Boreham, by flood risk Of the 89 postcodes in Boreham that ONS places, 89 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Boreham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A12 Boreham
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 89

Of the 89 postcodes in Boreham that ONS places, 89 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.7610, longitude 0.5427. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

What is it like to live in Boreham?

Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9% on the 12 months before. At 76 of the 88 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 89 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Beaulieu Park, 1.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Boreham?

Homes in Boreham sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 40 sales, up 9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£425,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£390,000
12 months to August 2026
£425,000

▲ up 9% on the 12 months before

Detached£478,750 18 sales
Semi-detached£397,500 12 sales
Terraced£345,000 9 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole CM3 district, Boreham's main postcode district: a typical £442,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Boreham: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Boreham?

3 of the 89 postcodes now in use in Boreham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 49 homes sold in Boreham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM3 district, 8%.

The newest postcodes

CM3 3GWsince May 2021CM3 3GSsince April 2020CM3 3GUsince January 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BorehamAcross the CM3 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 40 (0%) 12 of 655 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 49 (0%) 69 of 888 (8%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Boreham?

Ofcom reports on 88 of the 89 postcodes in Boreham. At 76 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit76 of 88
Postcodes where every home can get superfast85 of 88

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Boreham at risk of flooding?

None of the 89 postcodes in Boreham is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Boreham?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Boreham. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Boreham?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Boreham is Beaulieu Park, 1.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Beaulieu Park Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
  • Hatfield Peverel Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
  • Chelmsford Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Boreham?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Boreham. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Boreham safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 238 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Boreham over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 15 September 2025
  2. 21 October 2025
  3. 30 November 2025
  4. 20 December 2025
  5. 13 January 2026
  6. 19 February 2026
  7. 17 March 2026
  8. 19 April 2026
  9. 20 May 2026
  10. 23 June 2026
  11. 15 July 2026
  12. 26 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences108 reports
Criminal damage and arson24 reports
Vehicle crime22 reports
Public order18 reports
Burglary15 reports
Other theft14 reports
Anti-social behaviour11 reports
Drugs9 reports

Also: other crime 8, shoplifting 5, possession of weapons 4.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Boreham?

District, borough or city council
Chelmsford
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
North West Essex
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative)

All 89 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Boreham postcodes

89 postcodes in use in Boreham, by district:

CM3 postcode district,89 postcodes

That district is in the CM postcode area.

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Places near Boreham

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Boreham's £425,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Hatfield Peverel4.1 km, £432,500Chelmsford5.1 km, £376,480Danbury5.1 km, £587,500Broomfield5.2 km, £472,500Witham7.9 km, £310,000Galleywood8.6 km, £455,000Writtle9.0 km, £492,500Wickham Bishops9.2 km, £763,750 All places A to Z

Questions about Boreham

What is it like to live in Boreham?
Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9% on the 12 months before. At 76 of the 88 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 89 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Beaulieu Park, 1.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Boreham?
Boreham is covered by postcode district CM3, across 89 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Boreham in?
Boreham is in the Chelmsford council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Boreham?
Boreham is in the North West Essex parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Boreham?
Homes in Boreham sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 40 sales, up 9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Boreham?
In Boreham, primary schools at its postcodes include Boreham Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is New Hall School, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Boreham have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Boreham is Beaulieu Park, 1.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Boreham?
Ofcom reports on 88 of the 89 postcodes in Boreham. At 76 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Boreham at risk of flooding?
None of the 89 postcodes in Boreham is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Boreham?
3 of the 89 postcodes now in use in Boreham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 49 homes sold in Boreham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM3 district, 8%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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