CO12 3JP

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 3PZ 33 m
CO12 3JR 38 m
CO12 3QB 44 m
CO12 3EQ 57 m
CO12 3AX 71 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 3JP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 May 2010
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 3
Latitude
51.936803
Longitude
1.280470
British National Grid easting
625,595
British National Grid northing
231,560

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
E00111756
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 001D · E01022001
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 001 · E02004573

Postcode source versions

Explore CO12

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
42 - 46, Kingsway, Harwich, CO12 3JP 4 December 2019 £720,000

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

    584 m
  2. The Mayflower Primary School

    Community school

    668 m
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,436
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 668
  • Shoplifting 169
  • Criminal damage and arson 150
  • Anti social behaviour 128
  • Public order 88

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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 straight-line

  • FRONKS RD FAMILY SURGERY

    77 FRONKS ROAD, DOVERCOURT, HARWICH, CO12 3RS

    ODS code F81221

    727 m

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL CENTRE

    419 MAIN ROAD, HARWICH, CO12 4EX

    ODS code F81019

    1.4 km

  • HAVEN HEALTH

    GRANGE FARM AVENUE, FELIXSTOWE, IP11 2XD

    ODS code D83081

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • High Street

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.0 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • Station Rd

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • Station Rd

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • Cliff Road

    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.

Evidence in context

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 584 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,436 published events cover 12 months, averaging 119.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 668 events.

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