CO12 5LH

Stour Valley · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tendring
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO12 5LG 384 m
CO12 5AB 781 m
CO12 5LE 860 m
CO12 5LN 866 m
CO12 5AA 881 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO12 5LH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO12
Postcode sector
CO12 5
Latitude
51.915038
Longitude
1.194832
British National Grid easting
619,816
British National Grid northing
228,878

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
E00111910
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 004F · E01022028
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 004 · E02004576

Postcode source versions

Explore CO12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Great Oakley

    Voluntary aided school

    1.8 km
  2. St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey

    Academy sponsor led

    2.4 km
  3. Wix and Wrabness Primary School

    Community school

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
33
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 19
  • Other theft 5
  • Other crime 2
  • Public order 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
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% 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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • HAREWOOD SURGERY

    HARWICH ROAD, GREAT OAKLEY, HARWICH, CO12 5AD

    ODS code F81606

    1.0 km

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL CENTRE

    419 MAIN ROAD, HARWICH, CO12 4EX

    ODS code F81019

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Sparrows Corner

    BCT · Great Oakley

    0.5 miles
  • The Soils

    BCT · Great Oakley

    0.5 miles
  • The Soils

    BCT · Great Oakley

    0.6 miles
  • Partridge Close

    BCT · Great Oakley

    0.6 miles
  • Partridge Close

    BCT · Great Oakley

    0.6 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.

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

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Great Oakley is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

33 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 19 events.

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