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CO1 2BZ

New Town and Christ Church · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
New Town and Christ Church
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO1
Postcode sector
CO1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO1 2GN 41 m
CO1 2LL 49 m
CO1 2DZ 51 m
CO1 2BX 64 m
CO1 2LJ 66 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO1 2BZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 May 2015
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO1
Postcode sector
CO1 2
Latitude
51.884801
Longitude
0.914248
British National Grid easting
600,658
British National Grid northing
224,706

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
New Town and Christ Church · E05010835
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00188156
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 011G · E01035161
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 011 · E02004516

Postcode source versions

Explore CO1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
61
Primary
41
Secondary
10

  1. St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester

    Academy converter

    631 m

  2. St. George's School

    Community school

    685 m

  3. St James the Great Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    825 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,936
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,012
  • Shoplifting 785
  • Anti social behaviour 544
  • Public order 511
  • Criminal damage and arson 429

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO1 2 residents
12,341

Age bands in CO1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

2,380 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.6%

1,833 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.8%

3,998 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.8%

2,867 residents

Age 65 and over
11.9%

1,490 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

12

within 5 km straight-line

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    673 m

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    673 m

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    1.3 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    1.4 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

    CREFFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 15 CAVALRY ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7GH

    ODS code F81115

    1.5 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

    THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, TURNER ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO4 5JR

    ODS code Y02646

    2.6 km

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    2.9 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

    47 MILL ROAD, MILE END, COLCHESTER, CO4 5LE

    ODS code F81636

    3.3 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    3.6 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    3.7 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

    WIVENHOE MEDICAL CENTRE, PHILLIP ROAD, WIVENHOE, COLCHESTER, CO7 9BA

    ODS code F81028

    4.5 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Cannon Street

    BCT · Colchester

    0.0 miles

  • Cannon Street

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Wimpole Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Port Lane

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

  • Port Lane

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 011G, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,615 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

61 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 10 secondary schools. St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester is the nearest published school at 631 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

6,936 published events cover 12 months, averaging 578 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,012 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.