CO12 4QW

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 4QG 162 m
CO12 4QA 239 m
CO12 4PX 344 m
CO12 4SS 359 m
CO12 4QD 377 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 4QW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1998
Terminated
1 May 2008
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 4
Latitude
51.945030
Longitude
1.246840
British National Grid easting
623,243
British National Grid northing
232,371

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004107
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00111914
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. Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery

    Academy converter

    1.3 km
  2. All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km
  3. Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
642
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 272
  • Criminal damage and arson 82
  • Shoplifting 74
  • Public order 55
  • Anti social behaviour 50

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

    1.6 km

  • FRONKS RD FAMILY SURGERY

    77 FRONKS ROAD, DOVERCOURT, HARWICH, CO12 3RS

    ODS code F81221

    2.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Una Road

    BCT · Parkeston

    0.3 miles
  • Una Road

    BCT · Parkeston

    0.3 miles
  • DaRT Parkeston

    BCT · Parkeston

    0.3 miles
  • Harwich International Station

    BCT · Harwich International Port

    0.3 miles
  • Harwich International Ferry Terminal

    FER · Harwich International Port

    0.4 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. Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

642 published events cover 12 months, averaging 53.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 272 events.

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