CM1 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of CM1, Chelmsford from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
CM1 is a postcode district in Chelmsford. Homes here sold for a median of £380,000 over the last year, up 4.1% over five years. 37,025 sales are on record. 61% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £210,000 median sold price (all time)
- £380,000 median price, last 12 months
- 37,025 recorded sales
- +4.1% 5-year price change
- 32% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 61% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 248 Ongar Road | Detached | £590,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 46 Mayne Crest | Semi | £430,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 10 Maltese Road | Semi | £620,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 103 Bodmin Road | Semi | £468,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 5 Norton Road | Semi | £435,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 13 Medway Close | Flat | £240,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 45 Centenary Way | Flat | £262,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 23 Totnes Walk | Detached | £650,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 8 Elm Close | Semi | £405,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Lesley Court Rainsford Road | Flat | £230,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 3,447
- Shoplifting 1,015
- Anti-social behaviour 767
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
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Across the wider Chelmsford district
The figures below cover Chelmsford — the council district CM1 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £400,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 181,523 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 88% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈32 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 73% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 8.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 82 · 84.3 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| CM1 1 | £265,000 | 4,512 |
| CM1 2 | £365,000 | 7,229 |
| CM1 3 | £465,000 | 4,706 |
| CM1 4 | £425,000 | 6,458 |
| CM1 6 | £407,500 | 9,647 |
| CM1 7 | £415,000 | 4,473 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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