CO16 8HW

St Osyth · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tendring
Constituency
Clacton
Postcode district
CO16
Postcode sector
CO16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO16 8HN 87 m
CO16 8HP 188 m
CO16 8HR 382 m
CO16 8NB 612 m
CO7 8RE 723 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO16 8HW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO16
Postcode sector
CO16 8
Latitude
51.814002
Longitude
1.075564
British National Grid easting
612,090
British National Grid northing
217,291

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Electoral ward
St Osyth · E05011955
Parish or community
E04012802
Westminster constituency
Clacton · E14001174
Output area
E00112005
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 018E · E01022047
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 018 · E02004590

Postcode source versions

Explore CO16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. St Osyth Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.8 km
  2. Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    3.7 km
  3. Colne Community School

    Academy converter

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
90
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 43
  • Vehicle crime 14
  • Other theft 7
  • Other crime 5
  • Anti social behaviour 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

11 female, 5 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.0
CO16 8 residents
12,627

Age bands in CO16 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

2,038 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,219 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.4%

2,614 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

3,409 residents

Age 65 and over
27.5%

3,522 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO16 8 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

3

within 5 km

  • COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT

    ODS code F81116

    3.8 km

  • GREAT BENTLEY SURGERY

    THE HOLLIES, THE GREEN, GREAT BENTLEY, COLCHESTER, CO7 8PJ

    ODS code F81021

    4.6 km

  • CLACTON COMMUNITY PRACTICES

    32 CROSSWAYS, JAYWICK, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 2NB

    ODS code F81681

    4.7 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

  • Oaklands

    BCT · St Osyth

    0.0 miles
  • Oaklands

    BCT · St Osyth

    0.0 miles
  • Frowick Lane

    BCT · St Osyth

    0.4 miles
  • Frowick Lane

    BCT · St Osyth

    0.5 miles
  • Wellwick House

    BCT · St Osyth

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 018E, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,942 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Osyth Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

90 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 43 events.

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