Halstead

Halstead is covered by postcode district CO9. It is in the Braintree council area, Essex.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Halstead (Braintree).

Typical price £300,000 Homes sold in Halstead, last 12 months. ▼ 2.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 245 of 366 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 34 of 386 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 371 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Halstead, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Halstead, by flood risk Of the 386 postcodes in Halstead that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 352 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 24 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Halstead. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A131A1124 CO9 1AA: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AB: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AD: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AE: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AF: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AG: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AH: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AJ: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AL: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AN: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AP: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AQ: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AR: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AS: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AT: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AU: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AW: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AX: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AY: not on the flood risk listCO9 1AZ: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BA: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BB: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BD: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BE: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BG: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BH: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BJ: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BL: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BN: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BP: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BQ: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BS: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BT: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BU: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BW: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BX: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BY: not on the flood risk listCO9 1BZ: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DA: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DB: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DD: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DE: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DF: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DG: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DH: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DJ: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DL: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DN: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DP: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DQ: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DR: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DS: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DT: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DU: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DW: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DX: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DY: not on the flood risk listCO9 1DZ: not on the flood risk listCO9 1EA: not on the flood risk listCO9 1EB: not on the flood risk listCO9 1ED: not on the flood risk listCO9 1EE: not on the flood risk listCO9 1EF: not on the flood risk listCO9 1EG: not on the flood risk listCO9 1EH: not on the flood risk listCO9 1EJ: not on the flood risk listCO9 1EL: not on the flood risk listCO9 1EN: not on the flood risk listCO9 1EP: not on the flood risk listCO9 1EQ: not on the flood risk listCO9 1ER: not on the flood risk listCO9 1ES: not on the flood risk listCO9 1EW: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FA: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FG: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FH: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FL: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FP: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FR: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FS: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FT: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FU: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FW: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FX: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FY: not on the flood risk listCO9 1FZ: 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risk listCO9 1UY: not on the flood risk listCO9 1WT: not on the flood risk listCO9 1XA: not on the flood risk listCO9 1XB: not on the flood risk listCO9 1XE: not on the flood risk listCO9 1XG: not on the flood risk listCO9 1YA: not on the flood risk listCO9 1YB: not on the flood risk listCO9 1YD: not on the flood risk listCO9 1YE: not on the flood risk listCO9 1YF: not on the flood risk listCO9 1YG: not on the flood risk listCO9 2AA: not on the flood risk listCO9 2AF: not on the flood risk listCO9 2AJ: not on the flood risk listCO9 2AP: not on the flood risk listCO9 2AR: not on the flood risk listCO9 2AT: not on the flood risk listCO9 2AU: not on the flood risk listCO9 2AX: not on the flood risk listCO9 2AY: not on the flood risk listCO9 2AZ: not on the flood risk listCO9 2BA: not on the flood risk listCO9 2BB: not on the flood risk listCO9 2BD: not on the flood risk listCO9 2BE: not on the flood risk listCO9 2BG: not on the flood risk listCO9 2BH: not on the flood risk listCO9 2BJ: 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risk listCO9 2EJ: not on the flood risk listCO9 2EL: not on the flood risk listCO9 2EP: not on the flood risk listCO9 2EQ: not on the flood risk listCO9 2ER: not on the flood risk listCO9 2ES: not on the flood risk listCO9 2ET: not on the flood risk listCO9 2EU: not on the flood risk listCO9 2EW: not on the flood risk listCO9 2EX: not on the flood risk listCO9 2EY: not on the flood risk listCO9 2EZ: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FA: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FB: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FD: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FF: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FH: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FL: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FQ: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FR: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FS: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FT: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FU: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FW: not on the flood risk listCO9 2FZ: not on the flood risk listCO9 2GD: not on the flood risk listCO9 2GE: not on the flood risk listCO9 2GF: not on the flood risk listCO9 2GG: 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flood risk at worstCO9 2LU: medium flood risk at worstCO9 2TD: medium flood risk at worstCO9 1ET: high flood riskCO9 1EX: high flood riskCO9 1EZ: high flood riskCO9 1FD: high flood riskCO9 1HB: high flood riskCO9 1HR: high flood riskCO9 1HT: high flood riskCO9 1HU: high flood riskCO9 1HW: high flood riskCO9 1JA: high flood riskCO9 1JD: high flood riskCO9 1JQ: high flood riskCO9 1JZ: high flood riskCO9 1XR: high flood riskCO9 2JG: high flood riskCO9 2JN: high flood riskCO9 2JQ: high flood riskCO9 2JR: high flood riskCO9 2LP: high flood riskCO9 2LS: high flood riskCO9 2LT: high flood riskCO9 2PQ: high flood risk Halstead 24 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CO9 1HT, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk24 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Halstead, by flood risk Of the 386 postcodes in Halstead that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 352 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 24 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Halstead. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Halstead
  • A home or business at high risk: 22
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 8
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 352
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 386 postcodes in Halstead that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 352 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 51.9422, longitude 0.6377. 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

22 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

CO9 1HT28 at high riskCO9 2LT18 at high riskCO9 1EX14 at high riskCO9 1HB7 at high riskCO9 2JG5 at high riskCO9 1ET3 at high riskCO9 2JN3 at high riskCO9 2LS3 at high riskCO9 1FD2 at high riskCO9 2PQ2 at high riskCO9 1JD2 at high riskCO9 2LP1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 24 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. CO9 1HT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Halstead?

Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 245 of the 366 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 371 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 34 of its 386 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chappel & Wakes Colne, 8.5 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 Halstead?

Homes in Halstead sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 178 sales, down 2.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£300,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£308,000
12 months to August 2026
£300,000

▼ down 2.6% on the 12 months before

Detached£413,750 40 sales
Semi-detached£312,500 62 sales
Terraced£255,000 50 sales
Flat or maisonette£140,000 26 sales

Across the whole CO9 district, Halstead's main postcode district: a typical £323,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Halstead: 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 Halstead?

29 of the 386 postcodes now in use in Halstead came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 227 homes sold in Halstead were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO9 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

CO9 1XGsince July 2026CO9 9DLsince August 2025CO9 9DNsince August 2025CO9 1GTsince August 2024CO9 9DJsince April 2024CO9 9DHsince March 2024

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 HalsteadAcross the CO9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 178 (0%) 2 of 312 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 3 of 227 (1%) 39 of 425 (9%)

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 Halstead?

Ofcom reports on 366 of the 386 postcodes in Halstead. At 245 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit245 of 366
Postcodes where every home can get superfast358 of 366

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 Halstead at risk of flooding?

34 of the 386 postcodes in Halstead 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 371 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 34 of 386 postcodes High: 98Medium: 273Low: 79Very low: 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 Halstead?

The open schools at the postcodes in Halstead. 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

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 Halstead?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Halstead is Chappel & Wakes Colne Rail Station, 8.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Chappel & Wakes Colne Rail Station Railway station 8.5 kmDrive
  • Braintree Rail Station Railway station 9.3 kmDrive
  • Braintree Freeport Rail Station Railway station 9.4 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 Halstead?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Halstead. 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 Halstead safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 892 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Halstead 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. 74 September 2025
  2. 89 October 2025
  3. 45 November 2025
  4. 56 December 2025
  5. 52 January 2026
  6. 61 February 2026
  7. 84 March 2026
  8. 108 April 2026
  9. 76 May 2026
  10. 71 June 2026
  11. 75 July 2026
  12. 101 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences388 reports
Shoplifting92 reports
Anti-social behaviour90 reports
Public order80 reports
Criminal damage and arson68 reports
Other theft47 reports
Burglary34 reports
Vehicle crime30 reports

Also: drugs 29, other crime 20, possession of weapons 6, bicycle theft 3, robbery 3, theft from the person 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 Halstead?

District, borough or city council
Braintree
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
Braintree
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Sir James Cleverly (Conservative)

All 386 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

Moving to Halstead

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Halstead postcodes

386 postcodes in use in Halstead, by district:

CO9 postcode district,386 postcodes

That district is in the CO postcode area.

Check a Halstead postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Halstead

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Halstead's £300,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Earls Colne4.4 km, £365,000Sible Hedingham5.2 km, £310,500Coggeshall8.4 km, £359,500Braintree8.8 km, £305,000Great Yeldham9.6 km, £357,500Silver End10.6 km, £323,138Marks Tey11.3 km, £315,000Rayne11.5 km, £376,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Halstead

What is it like to live in Halstead?
Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 245 of the 366 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 371 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 34 of its 386 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chappel & Wakes Colne, 8.5 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 Halstead?
Halstead is covered by postcode district CO9, across 386 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Halstead in?
Halstead is in the Braintree council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Halstead?
Halstead is in the Braintree parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir James Cleverly (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Halstead?
Homes in Halstead sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 178 sales, down 2.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Halstead?
In Halstead, primary schools at its postcodes include Richard de Clare Community Academy, Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead and St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Ramsey Academy, Halstead. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Halstead have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Halstead is Chappel & Wakes Colne, 8.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Halstead?
Ofcom reports on 366 of the 386 postcodes in Halstead. At 245 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Halstead at risk of flooding?
34 of the 386 postcodes in Halstead 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 371 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 Halstead?
29 of the 386 postcodes now in use in Halstead came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 227 homes sold in Halstead were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO9 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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