CO12 4NQ

Dovercourt Tollgate · 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 4ND 14 m
CO12 4NF 54 m
CO12 4TT 61 m
CO12 4TR 77 m
CO12 4NB 80 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 4NQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 March 2005
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 4
Latitude
51.930571
Longitude
1.248007
British National Grid easting
623,395
British National Grid northing
230,767

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
E00111766
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 002F · E01033051
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 002 · E02004574

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. Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    155 m
  2. All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt

    Voluntary aided school

    682 m
  3. Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery

    Academy converter

    854 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,147
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 545
  • Criminal damage and arson 136
  • Anti social behaviour 94
  • Public order 85
  • Shoplifting 84

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL CENTRE

    419 MAIN ROAD, HARWICH, CO12 4EX

    ODS code F81019

    929 m

  • FRONKS RD FAMILY SURGERY

    77 FRONKS ROAD, DOVERCOURT, HARWICH, CO12 3RS

    ODS code F81221

    1.7 km

  • HAREWOOD SURGERY

    HARWICH ROAD, GREAT OAKLEY, HARWICH, CO12 5AD

    ODS code F81606

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Ainger Road

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.0 miles
  • Ainger Road

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.0 miles
  • Ainger Road

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • DaRT Upper Dovercourt

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.1 miles
  • Tollgate Post Office

    BCT · Upper Dovercourt

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 002F, 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

4,515 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 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. Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 155 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,147 published events cover 12 months, averaging 95.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 545 events.

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