Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar is covered by postcode district CM5. It is in the Epping Forest council area, Essex.

Typical price £469,000 Homes sold in Chipping Ongar, last 12 months. ▼ 3.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 73 of 111 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 4 of 121 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Chipping Ongar, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Chipping Ongar, by flood risk Of the 121 postcodes in Chipping Ongar that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 117 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Chipping Ongar. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. CM5 0AA: not on the flood risk listCM5 0AD: not on the flood risk listCM5 0PX: not on the flood risk listCM5 0RS: not on the flood risk listCM5 0TH: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AA: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AB: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AD: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AE: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AF: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AJ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AL: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AR: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AS: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AT: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AU: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AX: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AY: not on the flood risk listCM5 9AZ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BA: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BB: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BD: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BE: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BG: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BH: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BJ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BL: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BN: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BQ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BS: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BT: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BU: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BW: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BX: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BY: not on the flood risk listCM5 9BZ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9DD: not on the flood risk listCM5 9DE: not on the flood risk listCM5 9DF: not on the flood risk listCM5 9DH: not on the flood risk listCM5 9DJ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9DQ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9DR: not on the flood risk listCM5 9DS: not on the flood risk listCM5 9DX: not on the flood risk listCM5 9DZ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EA: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EB: not on the flood risk listCM5 9ED: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EF: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EG: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EJ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EL: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EN: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EP: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EQ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9ER: not on the flood risk listCM5 9ES: not on the flood risk listCM5 9ET: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EU: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EW: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EX: not on the flood risk listCM5 9EY: not on the flood risk listCM5 9FA: not on the flood risk listCM5 9FD: not on the flood risk listCM5 9FE: not on the flood risk listCM5 9FF: not on the flood risk listCM5 9FG: not on the flood risk listCM5 9FH: not on the flood risk listCM5 9FJ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9FP: not on the flood risk listCM5 9FS: not on the flood risk listCM5 9FT: not on the flood risk listCM5 9GA: not on the flood risk listCM5 9GU: not on the flood risk listCM5 9GZ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HA: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HB: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HD: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HF: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HJ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HL: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HN: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HP: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HQ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HR: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HU: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HW: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HX: not on the flood risk listCM5 9HY: not on the flood risk listCM5 9JA: not on the flood risk listCM5 9JD: not on the flood risk listCM5 9JG: not on the flood risk listCM5 9JH: not on the flood risk listCM5 9JJ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9JR: not on the flood risk listCM5 9JS: not on the flood risk listCM5 9JT: not on the flood risk listCM5 9JY: not on the flood risk listCM5 9LA: not on the flood risk listCM5 9QU: not on the flood risk listCM5 9SU: not on the flood risk listCM5 9SX: not on the flood risk listCM5 9SY: not on the flood risk listCM5 9SZ: not on the flood risk listCM5 9TB: not on the flood risk listCM5 9TL: not on the flood risk listCM5 9DT: low flood risk at worstCM5 9HH: low flood risk at worstCM5 9JX: low flood risk at worstCM5 9EE: medium flood risk at worst Chipping Ongar Map of every postcode in Chipping Ongar, by flood risk Of the 121 postcodes in Chipping Ongar that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 117 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Chipping Ongar. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Chipping Ongar
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 117

Of the 121 postcodes in Chipping Ongar that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 117 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.7036, longitude 0.2441. 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 medium risk at worst

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

CM5 9EE1 at medium risk

What is it like to live in Chipping Ongar?

Homes sold for a typical £469,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.5% on the 12 months before. At 73 of the 111 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 121 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Ongar Health Centre, 1.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Shenfield, 10.0 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 Chipping Ongar?

Homes in Chipping Ongar sold for a typical £469,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 48 sales, down 3.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£469,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£486,000
12 months to August 2026
£469,000

▼ down 3.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£516,750 10 sales
Semi-detached£490,000 15 sales
Terraced£440,000 11 sales
Flat or maisonette£262,500 12 sales

Across the whole CM5 district, Chipping Ongar's main postcode district: a typical £488,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Chipping Ongar: 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 Chipping Ongar?

4 of the 121 postcodes now in use in Chipping Ongar came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 75 homes sold in Chipping Ongar were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM5 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

CM5 9FTsince February 2023CM5 5BXsince August 2022CM5 9FSsince November 2021CM5 9FPsince September 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 Chipping OngarAcross the CM5 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 48 (0%) 0 of 103 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 75 (0%) 0 of 152 (0%)

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 Chipping Ongar?

Ofcom reports on 111 of the 121 postcodes in Chipping Ongar. At 73 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit73 of 111
Postcodes where every home can get superfast75 of 111

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.

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

Is Chipping Ongar at risk of flooding?

4 of the 121 postcodes in Chipping Ongar 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 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 121 postcodes Medium: 1Low: 3

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 Chipping Ongar?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Chipping Ongar. 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

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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 Chipping Ongar?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chipping Ongar is Shenfield Rail Station, 10.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Shenfield Rail Station Railway station 10.0 kmDrive
  • Ingatestone Rail Station Railway station 10.5 kmDrive
  • Brentwood Rail Station Railway station 10.7 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 Chipping Ongar?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Chipping Ongar. 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 Chipping Ongar safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 468 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Chipping Ongar 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. 32 September 2025
  2. 30 October 2025
  3. 27 November 2025
  4. 36 December 2025
  5. 27 January 2026
  6. 31 February 2026
  7. 36 March 2026
  8. 37 April 2026
  9. 56 May 2026
  10. 51 June 2026
  11. 47 July 2026
  12. 58 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences194 reports
Anti-social behaviour65 reports
Vehicle crime38 reports
Criminal damage and arson35 reports
Public order31 reports
Other theft29 reports
Shoplifting24 reports
Drugs15 reports

Also: burglary 14, other crime 13, possession of weapons 5, robbery 3, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1.

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 Chipping Ongar?

District, borough or city council
Epping Forest
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
Brentwood and Ongar
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Alex Burghart (Conservative)

All 121 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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Chipping Ongar postcodes

121 postcodes in use in Chipping Ongar, by district:

CM5 postcode district,121 postcodes

That district is in the CM postcode area.

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Places near Chipping Ongar

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Chipping Ongar's £469,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Kelvedon Hatch4.8 km, £520,000North Weald Bassett5.4 km, £460,000Doddinghurst5.6 km, £582,500Epping9.1 km, £552,500Brentwood10.2 km, £475,000Ingatestone10.2 km, £600,000Theydon Bois10.7 km, £787,500Harlow11.8 km, £340,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Chipping Ongar

What is it like to live in Chipping Ongar?
Homes sold for a typical £469,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.5% on the 12 months before. At 73 of the 111 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 121 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Ongar Health Centre, 1.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Shenfield, 10.0 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 Chipping Ongar?
Chipping Ongar is covered by postcode district CM5, across 121 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Chipping Ongar in?
Chipping Ongar is in the Epping Forest council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Chipping Ongar?
Chipping Ongar is in the Brentwood and Ongar parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Alex Burghart (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Chipping Ongar?
Homes in Chipping Ongar sold for a typical £469,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 48 sales, down 3.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Chipping Ongar?
In Chipping Ongar, primary schools at its postcodes include Chipping Ongar Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Ongar Academy, 1.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Chipping Ongar have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chipping Ongar is Shenfield, 10.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Chipping Ongar?
Ofcom reports on 111 of the 121 postcodes in Chipping Ongar. At 73 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Chipping Ongar at risk of flooding?
4 of the 121 postcodes in Chipping Ongar 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 1 home or business 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 Chipping Ongar?
4 of the 121 postcodes now in use in Chipping Ongar came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 75 homes sold in Chipping Ongar were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM5 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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