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CO12 5DW

Stour Valley · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Harwich
Ward
Stour Valley
Local authority
Tendring
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO12 5FP 17 m
CO12 5EA 43 m
CO12 5DX 94 m
CO12 5EG 99 m
CO12 5DP 103 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 5DW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 2018
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 5
Latitude
51.922832
Longitude
1.230850
British National Grid easting
622,254
British National Grid northing
229,854

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Electoral ward
Stour Valley · E05011957
Parish or community
E04004107
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00111909
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 004F · E01022028
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 004 · E02004576

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Burnthouse Farm, Oakley Road, Harwich, CO12 5DW 8 August 2018 £400,000
Burnthouse Farm, Oakley Road, Harwich, CO12 5DW 28 November 2006 £360,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1

  1. St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey

    Academy sponsor led

    458 m

  2. Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    1.3 km

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

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
313
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 181
  • Criminal damage and arson 27
  • Other theft 25
  • Anti social behaviour 18
  • Public order 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

    2.4 km

  • FRONKS RD FAMILY SURGERY

    77 FRONKS ROAD, DOVERCOURT, HARWICH, CO12 3RS

    ODS code F81221

    3.1 km

  • HAREWOOD SURGERY

    HARWICH ROAD, GREAT OAKLEY, HARWICH, CO12 5AD

    ODS code F81606

    3.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Mayes Lane

    BCT · Little Oakley

    0.0 miles

  • Mayes Lane

    BCT · Little Oakley

    0.0 miles

  • Foulton Hall

    BCT · Little Oakley

    0.1 miles

  • Foulton Hall

    BCT · Little Oakley

    0.1 miles

  • Bay View Crescent

    BCT · Little Oakley

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 004F, 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

10,292 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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 Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey is the nearest published school at 458 m.

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

Recorded crime

313 published events cover 12 months, averaging 26.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 181 events.

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