CO12 5JL

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 5JJ 396 m
CO12 5JH 587 m
CO12 5JS 620 m
CO12 5JN 661 m
CO12 5JG 676 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 5JL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 5
Latitude
51.911255
Longitude
1.217453
British National Grid easting
621,390
British National Grid northing
228,526

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Parish or community
E04004104
Westminster constituency
Clacton · E14001174
Output area
E00111711
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 004B · E01021992
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 004 · E02004576

Postcode source versions

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
St Marys House, Clacton Road, Little Oakley, Harwich, CO12 5JL 18 June 2010 £500,000
St Marys House, Clacton Road, Little Oakley, Harwich, CO12 5JL 21 August 2006 £435,000
St Marys House, Clacton Road, Little Oakley, Harwich, CO12 5JL 8 January 2004 £230,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km
  2. All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Great Oakley

    Voluntary aided school

    2.7 km
  3. Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
50
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 34
  • Other theft 7
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Other crime 2
  • Public order 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

4 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
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 0.2% 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+
33.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
33.3%
Gigabit-capable
33.3%
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

3

within 5 km

  • HAREWOOD SURGERY

    HARWICH ROAD, GREAT OAKLEY, HARWICH, CO12 5AD

    ODS code F81606

    1.8 km

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL CENTRE

    419 MAIN ROAD, HARWICH, CO12 4EX

    ODS code F81019

    3.9 km

  • FRONKS RD FAMILY SURGERY

    77 FRONKS ROAD, DOVERCOURT, HARWICH, CO12 3RS

    ODS code F81221

    4.5 km

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Little Oakley Hall

    BCT · Little Oakley

    0.1 miles
  • Little Oakley Hall

    BCT · Little Oakley

    0.1 miles
  • The Cherry Tree

    BCT · Little Oakley

    0.4 miles
  • The Cherry Tree

    BCT · Little Oakley

    0.4 miles
  • DaRT Little Oakley

    BCT · Little Oakley

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 004B, 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

10,941 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 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.

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
0
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

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

50 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 34 events.

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