London commuter townsBraintree vs Witham
Braintree vs Witham: which commuter town suits you?
Witham is 15 minutes closer to London and £19k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to London
60 min
45 min
Annual season ticket
£5,016
£4,608
Average house price
£334k
£315k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
8.8x
8.4x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
52
39
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
898 Mb
898 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.3
7.3
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
42
41
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
128 ha
92 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
113
76
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
