CM8 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of CM8, Witham from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
CM8 is a postcode district in Witham. Homes here sold for a median of £315,000 over the last year, up 7.7% over five years. 21,192 sales are on record. 62% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £173,000 median sold price (all time)
- £315,000 median price, last 12 months
- 21,192 recorded sales
- +7.7% 5-year price change
- 20% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 62% 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 |
|---|
| Freeland House Maldon Road | Detached | £650,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 17 Cherry Tree Rise | Terraced | £375,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 17 Christina Road | Terraced | £270,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 2 Wylds Close | Detached | £490,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 54 Holst Avenue | Terraced | £350,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 16 Blanchefort Gardens | Detached | £425,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 64 Manors Way | Terraced | £201,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 16 Weaversfield | Other | £760,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 13 Albert Road | Semi | £447,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 15 Juniper Crescent | Terraced | £378,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 1,202
- Anti-social behaviour 296
- Public order 201
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 Braintree district
The figures below cover Braintree — the council district CM8 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £335,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 155,272 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 94% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈61 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 83% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 6.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 81.2 · 84.9 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 |
|---|
| CM8 1 | £300,000 | 9,652 |
| CM8 2 | £310,000 | 7,590 |
| CM8 3 | £350,000 | 3,950 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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