Haverhill
Haverhill is covered by postcode district CB9. It is mostly in the West Suffolk council area: 610 of its 612 postcodes. The others are in Braintree. 610 are in Suffolk and 2 in Essex.
Every postcode in Haverhill, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 6
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 1
- At very low risk only: 37
- Not on the at-risk list: 568
Of the 612 postcodes in Haverhill that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst, 37 are at very low risk only and 568 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 52.0840, longitude 0.4335. 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.
What is it like to live in Haverhill?
Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 502 of the 601 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 9 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 44 of its 612 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dullingham, 13.8 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 Haverhill?
Homes in Haverhill sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 267 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £265,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £260,000
▼ down 1.9% on the 12 months before
Across the whole CB9 district, Haverhill's main postcode district: a typical £280,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Haverhill: 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 Haverhill?
43 of the 612 postcodes now in use in Haverhill came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 28 of the 383 homes sold in Haverhill were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB9 district, 17%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Haverhill | Across the CB9 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 267 (Under 1%) | 17 of 342 (5%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 28 of 383 (7%) | 89 of 528 (17%) |
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 Haverhill?
Ofcom reports on 601 of the 612 postcodes in Haverhill. At 502 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Haverhill at risk of flooding?
44 of the 612 postcodes in Haverhill 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 9 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Haverhill?
The open schools at the postcodes in Haverhill. 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
- Place Farm Primary Academy150 m 416 pupils, 446 places
- New Cangle Community Primary School650 m 210 pupils, 210 places
- Burton End Primary Academy950 m 449 pupils, 468 places
- St Felix Roman Catholic Primary School, Haverhill950 m 217 pupils, 315 places
- Clements Primary Academy1.0 km 268 pupils, 345 places
- Westfield Primary Academy1.2 km 425 pupils, 420 places
- Coupals Primary Academy1.7 km 290 pupils, 216 places
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 Haverhill?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Haverhill is Dullingham Rail Station, 13.8 km away in a straight line.
- Dullingham Rail Station Railway station 13.8 kmDrive
- Great Chesterford Rail Station Railway station 16.6 kmDrive
- Newmarket Rail Station Railway station 17.2 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 Haverhill?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Haverhill. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Haverhill Family Practice150 m
- Unity Healthcare950 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Haverhill safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,844 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Haverhill 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
- 153 September 2025
- 178 October 2025
- 140 November 2025
- 110 December 2025
- 149 January 2026
- 144 February 2026
- 193 March 2026
- 161 April 2026
- 163 May 2026
- 164 June 2026
- 161 July 2026
- 128 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 56, vehicle crime 51, possession of weapons 35, robbery 17, bicycle theft 6, theft from the person 5.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Haverhill?
- Councils
- West Suffolk (610) and Braintree (2)
- County councils
- Suffolk (610) and Essex (2)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- West Suffolk (610) and Braintree (2)
- Police force areas
- Suffolk (610) and Essex (2)
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Haverhill
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Haverhill
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Haverhill postcodes
612 postcodes in use in Haverhill, by district:
That district is in the CB postcode area.
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Places near Haverhill
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Haverhill's £260,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Haverhill
- What is it like to live in Haverhill?
- Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 502 of the 601 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 9 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 44 of its 612 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dullingham, 13.8 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 Haverhill?
- Haverhill is covered by postcode district CB9, across 612 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Haverhill?
- Homes in Haverhill sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 267 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Haverhill?
- In Haverhill, primary schools at its postcodes include Place Farm Primary Academy, New Cangle Community Primary School and Burton End Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Castle Manor Academy, Samuel Ward Academy and Churchill Special Free School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Haverhill have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Haverhill is Dullingham, 13.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Haverhill?
- Ofcom reports on 601 of the 612 postcodes in Haverhill. At 502 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Haverhill at risk of flooding?
- 44 of the 612 postcodes in Haverhill 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 9 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 Haverhill?
- 43 of the 612 postcodes now in use in Haverhill came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 28 of the 383 homes sold in Haverhill were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB9 district, 17%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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