Broomfield

Broomfield is covered by postcode districts CM1 and CM3. It is in the Chelmsford council area, Essex.

Typical price £472,500 Homes sold in Broomfield, last 12 months. ▲ 1.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 67 of 89 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 2 of 92 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 19 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Broomfield, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Broomfield, by flood risk Of the 92 postcodes in Broomfield that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk and 90 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Broomfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. CM1 7AH: not on the flood risk listCM1 7AJ: not on the flood risk listCM1 7AL: not on the flood risk listCM1 7AN: not on the flood risk listCM1 7AS: not on the flood risk listCM1 7AT: not on the flood risk listCM1 7AU: not on the flood risk listCM1 7AW: not on the flood risk listCM1 7AX: not on the flood risk listCM1 7AY: not on the flood risk listCM1 7AZ: not on the flood risk listCM1 7BA: not on the flood risk listCM1 7BB: not on the flood risk listCM1 7BD: not on the flood risk listCM1 7BE: not on the flood risk listCM1 7BG: not on the flood risk listCM1 7BH: not on the flood risk listCM1 7BJ: not on the flood risk listCM1 7BL: not on the flood risk listCM1 7BN: not on the flood risk listCM1 7BP: not on the flood risk listCM1 7BW: not on the flood risk listCM1 7DN: not on the flood risk listCM1 7DP: not on the flood risk listCM1 7DR: not on the flood risk listCM1 7DS: not on the flood risk listCM1 7DT: not on the flood risk listCM1 7DU: not on the flood risk listCM1 7DW: not on the flood risk listCM1 7DX: not on the flood risk listCM1 7DY: not on the flood risk listCM1 7DZ: not on the flood risk listCM1 7EH: not on the flood risk listCM1 7EJ: not on the flood risk listCM1 7EN: not on the flood risk listCM1 7EQ: not on the flood risk listCM1 7ER: not on the flood risk listCM1 7ET: not on the flood risk listCM1 7EU: not on the flood risk listCM1 7EW: not on the flood risk listCM1 7EX: not on the flood risk listCM1 7EZ: not on the flood risk listCM1 7FA: not on the flood risk listCM1 7FD: not on the flood risk listCM1 7FG: not on the flood risk listCM1 7FH: not on the flood risk listCM1 7FL: not on the flood risk listCM1 7FN: not on the flood risk listCM1 7FP: not on the flood risk listCM1 7FQ: not on the flood risk listCM1 7FS: not on the flood risk listCM1 7FT: not on the flood risk listCM1 7GE: not on the flood risk listCM1 7GH: not on the flood risk listCM1 7HA: not on the flood risk listCM1 7HB: not on the flood risk listCM1 7HD: not on the flood risk listCM1 7HE: not on the flood risk listCM1 7HN: not on the flood risk listCM1 7HP: not on the flood risk listCM1 7HW: not on the flood risk listCM1 7HX: not on the flood risk listCM1 7LE: not on the flood risk listCM1 7LF: not on the flood risk listCM1 7SS: not on the flood risk listCM1 7TA: not on the flood risk listCM1 7TB: not on the flood risk listCM1 7TD: not on the flood risk listCM1 7TE: not on the flood risk listCM1 7TF: not on the flood risk listCM1 7TH: not on the flood risk listCM1 7TN: not on the flood risk listCM1 7TR: not on the flood risk listCM1 7TS: not on the flood risk listCM1 7TT: not on the flood risk listCM1 7TU: not on the flood risk listCM1 7WE: not on the flood risk listCM1 7WS: not on the flood risk listCM1 7YB: not on the flood risk listCM1 7ZS: not on the flood risk listCM1 7ZT: not on the flood risk listCM3 3PF: not on the flood risk listCM3 3PG: not on the flood risk listCM3 3PH: not on the flood risk listCM3 3PL: not on the flood risk listCM3 3PN: not on the flood risk listCM3 3PQ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3PW: not on the flood risk listCM3 3QQ: not on the flood risk listCM3 3QU: not on the flood risk listCM1 7BQ: high flood riskCM3 3PJ: high flood risk Broomfield Map of every postcode in Broomfield, by flood risk Of the 92 postcodes in Broomfield that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk and 90 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Broomfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Broomfield
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 90

Of the 92 postcodes in Broomfield that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk and 90 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 51.7711, longitude 0.4694. 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

CM3 3PJ15 at high riskCM1 7BQ4 at high risk

What is it like to live in Broomfield?

Homes sold for a typical £472,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 67 of the 89 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 19 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 92 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Little Waltham & Gt Notley Surgery, 1.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Beaulieu Park, 3.7 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 Broomfield?

Homes in Broomfield sold for a typical £472,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 34 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£472,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£467,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £600,000 15 sales
  • Semi-detached £427,500 12 sales
  • Terraced £360,000 5 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole CM1 district, Broomfield's main postcode district: a typical £395,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Broomfield: 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 Broomfield?

4 of the 92 postcodes now in use in Broomfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 45 homes sold in Broomfield were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM1 district, 14%.

The newest postcodes

CM1 7GHsince July 2026CM1 7ALsince March 2024CM3 3QUsince May 2023CM3 3QQsince November 2022

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 BroomfieldAcross the CM1 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 34 (0%) 25 of 739 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 45 (0%) 153 of 1,089 (14%)

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 Broomfield?

Ofcom reports on 89 of the 92 postcodes in Broomfield. At 67 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit67 of 89
Postcodes where every home can get superfast80 of 89

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 Broomfield at risk of flooding?

2 of the 92 postcodes in Broomfield have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 19 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2 of 92 postcodes High: 19Low: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

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 Broomfield?

The open schools at the postcodes in Broomfield. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Broomfield?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Broomfield is Beaulieu Park, 3.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Beaulieu Park Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Chelmsford Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle
  • Hatfield Peverel Rail Station Railway station 8.5 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 Broomfield?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Broomfield. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Broomfield safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 701 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Broomfield 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. 53 September 2025
  2. 78 October 2025
  3. 43 November 2025
  4. 51 December 2025
  5. 49 January 2026
  6. 47 February 2026
  7. 67 March 2026
  8. 56 April 2026
  9. 56 May 2026
  10. 60 June 2026
  11. 78 July 2026
  12. 63 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences377 reports
Public order59 reports
Criminal damage and arson55 reports
Anti-social behaviour47 reports
Other theft47 reports
Vehicle crime35 reports
Burglary25 reports
Shoplifting21 reports

Also: bicycle theft 10, drugs 8, other crime 8, theft from the person 4, possession of weapons 3, robbery 2.

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 Broomfield?

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 92 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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Broomfield postcodes

92 postcodes in use in Broomfield, by district:

CM1 postcode district,82 postcodesCM3 postcode district,10 postcodes

Those districts are all in the CM postcode area.

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Places near Broomfield

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Broomfield's £472,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Chelmsford3.9 km, £376,480Boreham5.2 km, £425,000Writtle5.7 km, £492,500Galleywood8.3 km, £455,000Hatfield Peverel8.8 km, £432,500Danbury9.5 km, £587,500Great Notley10.8 km, £440,000Rayne11.9 km, £376,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Broomfield

What is it like to live in Broomfield?
Homes sold for a typical £472,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 67 of the 89 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 19 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 92 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Little Waltham & Gt Notley Surgery, 1.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Beaulieu Park, 3.7 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 Broomfield?
Broomfield is covered by postcode districts CM1 and CM3, across 92 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Broomfield in?
Broomfield is in the Chelmsford council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Broomfield?
Broomfield 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 Broomfield?
Homes in Broomfield sold for a typical £472,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 34 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Broomfield?
In Broomfield, primary schools at its postcodes include Broomfield Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Chelmer Valley High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Broomfield have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Broomfield is Beaulieu Park, 3.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Broomfield?
Ofcom reports on 89 of the 92 postcodes in Broomfield. At 67 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Broomfield at risk of flooding?
2 of the 92 postcodes in Broomfield have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 19 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Broomfield?
4 of the 92 postcodes now in use in Broomfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 45 homes sold in Broomfield were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM1 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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