CO12 3RT

Dovercourt Bay · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tendring
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO12 3RY 25 m
CO12 3RS 97 m
CO12 4EQ 108 m
CO12 3RZ 124 m
CO12 3RX 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 3RT
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 3
Latitude
51.932017
Longitude
1.271463
British National Grid easting
625,000
British National Grid northing
231,000

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
E00111746
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 001C · E01021999
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 001 · E02004573

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    306 m
  2. The Mayflower Primary School

    Community school

    552 m
  3. Harwich and Dovercourt High School

    Academy sponsor led

    715 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,572
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 720
  • Shoplifting 199
  • Criminal damage and arson 172
  • Anti social behaviour 129
  • Public order 97

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • FRONKS RD FAMILY SURGERY

    77 FRONKS ROAD, DOVERCOURT, HARWICH, CO12 3RS

    ODS code F81221

    97 m

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL CENTRE

    419 MAIN ROAD, HARWICH, CO12 4EX

    ODS code F81019

    758 m

Nearby transport

  • Fronk's Avenue

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.0 miles
  • Fronk's Avenue

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.0 miles
  • St Michael's

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • The Drive

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • St Michael's

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 001C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,977 of 33,755

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

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 306 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,572 published events cover 12 months, averaging 131 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 720 events.

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