CO12 4AQ

Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tendring
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO12 4BQ 16 m
CO12 4BB 53 m
CO12 4HN 53 m
CO12 4BE 80 m
CO12 4BG 95 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 4AQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 4
Latitude
51.937665
Longitude
1.262416
British National Grid easting
624,350
British National Grid northing
231,600

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
E00111753
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 002A · E01022000
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 002 · E02004574

Postcode source versions

Explore CO12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery

    Academy converter

    414 m
  2. The Mayflower Primary School

    Community school

    579 m
  3. All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt

    Voluntary aided school

    613 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,650
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 745
  • Shoplifting 210
  • Criminal damage and arson 178
  • Anti social behaviour 135
  • Public order 109

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO12 4 residents
11,701

Age bands in CO12 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

2,175 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

1,278 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.3%

2,629 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.9%

2,941 residents

Age 65 and over
23.6%

2,781 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

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL CENTRE

    419 MAIN ROAD, HARWICH, CO12 4EX

    ODS code F81019

    484 m

  • FRONKS RD FAMILY SURGERY

    77 FRONKS ROAD, DOVERCOURT, HARWICH, CO12 3RS

    ODS code F81221

    928 m

Nearby transport

  • Harcourt Avenue

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • Harcourt Avenue

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • The Vineway

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • The Vineway

    BCT · Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • The Close

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 002A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,552 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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. Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery is the nearest published school at 414 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,650 published events cover 12 months, averaging 137.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 745 events.

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