CO12 3BA

Harwich & Kingsway · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Harwich
Local authority
Tendring
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO12 3BQ 37 m
CO12 3AS 39 m
CO12 3BG 56 m
CO12 3LF 68 m
CO12 3BB 70 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 3BA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 3
Latitude
51.938785
Longitude
1.282957
British National Grid easting
625,756
British National Grid northing
231,788

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004099
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00111751
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 001D · E01022001
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 001 · E02004573

Postcode source versions

Explore CO12

81 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Waddesdon Road, Harwich, CO12 3BA 26 June 2026 £156,000
29, Waddesdon Road, Harwich, CO12 3BA 7 June 2024 £153,000
19, Waddesdon Road, Harwich, CO12 3BA 19 September 2023 £120,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    357 m
  2. The Mayflower Primary School

    Community school

    863 m
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,202
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 583
  • Shoplifting 133
  • Criminal damage and arson 124
  • Anti social behaviour 99
  • Other theft 74

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
106

60 female, 46 male

Postcode households
35
Residents per household
3.0
CO12 3 residents
7,635

Age bands in CO12 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

1,191 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

842 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.2%

1,581 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

2,038 residents

Age 65 and over
24.4%

1,821 residents

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO12 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

3

within 5 km

  • FRONKS RD FAMILY SURGERY

    77 FRONKS ROAD, DOVERCOURT, HARWICH, CO12 3RS

    ODS code F81221

    1.0 km

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL CENTRE

    419 MAIN ROAD, HARWICH, CO12 4EX

    ODS code F81019

    1.6 km

  • HAVEN HEALTH

    GRANGE FARM AVENUE, FELIXSTOWE, IP11 2XD

    ODS code D83081

    4.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Station Rd

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • Dovercourt Rail Station

    RSE · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • Station Rd

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • Dovercourt Rail Station

    RLY · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 001D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,709 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
7
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £154,750 from 5 recorded sales in CO12 3BA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tendring is £261,717 in June 2026, up 2.6% year on year.

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 357 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,202 published events cover 12 months, averaging 100.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 583 events.

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