CO12 5AG

The Oakleys & Wix · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Harwich
Local authority
Tendring
Constituency
Clacton
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO12 5AQ 25 m
CO12 5AH 78 m
CO12 5AP 82 m
CO12 5AS 86 m
CO12 5AL 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 5AG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 5
Latitude
51.903917
Longitude
1.188997
British National Grid easting
619,469
British National Grid northing
227,624

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004098
Westminster constituency
Clacton · E14001174
Output area
E00111708
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 004A · E01021991
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 004 · E02004576

Postcode source versions

Explore CO12

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Glebe Cottage, High Street, Great Oakley, Harwich, CO12 5AG 23 December 2003 £149,995
Glebe Cottage, High Street, Great Oakley, Harwich, CO12 5AG 20 September 1998 £70,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Great Oakley

    Voluntary aided school

    538 m
  2. St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey

    Academy sponsor led

    3.4 km
  3. Wix and Wrabness Primary School

    Community school

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
30
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Other theft 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Public order 2
  • Vehicle crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

4 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.5
CO12 5 residents
4,124

Age bands in CO12 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

628 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

455 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

766 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

1,259 residents

Age 65 and over
25%

1,034 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO12 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

1

within 5 km

  • HAREWOOD SURGERY

    HARWICH ROAD, GREAT OAKLEY, HARWICH, CO12 5AD

    ODS code F81606

    350 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Memorial

    BCT · Great Oakley

    0.0 miles
  • The Memorial

    BCT · Great Oakley

    0.0 miles
  • Hamford Drive

    BCT · Great Oakley

    0.2 miles
  • Hamford Drive

    BCT · Great Oakley

    0.2 miles
  • Partridge Close

    BCT · Great Oakley

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 004A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,456 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Great Oakley is the nearest published school at 538 m.

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

Recorded crime

30 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

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