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CO2 7EJ

New Town and Christ Church · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
New Town and Christ Church
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO1 2AQ 22 m
CO2 7ED 30 m
CO1 2AG 59 m
CO2 7EP 60 m
CO2 7EN 65 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO2 7EJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 7
Latitude
51.884281
Longitude
0.905480
British National Grid easting
600,057
British National Grid northing
224,624

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
New Town and Christ Church · E05010835
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00110146
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 011A · E01021683
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 011 · E02004516

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
61
Primary
40
Secondary
11

  1. St John's Green Primary School

    Community school

    503 m

  2. St. George's School

    Community school

    554 m

  3. St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester

    Academy converter

    590 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,197
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,740
  • Shoplifting 687
  • Anti social behaviour 499
  • Public order 445
  • Criminal damage and arson 386

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

4 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.0
CO2 7 residents
11,716

Age bands in CO2 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.6%

2,609 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

1,436 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.3%

4,473 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.9%

2,771 residents

Age 65 and over
10.8%

1,368 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO2 7 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.

GP practices

13

within 5 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    694 m

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    694 m

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    803 m

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    891 m

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

    CREFFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 15 CAVALRY ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7GH

    ODS code F81115

    931 m

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

    THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, TURNER ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO4 5JR

    ODS code Y02646

    2.5 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    3.0 km

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    3.1 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

    47 MILL ROAD, MILE END, COLCHESTER, CO4 5LE

    ODS code F81636

    3.2 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

    BLUEBELL RESOURCE CENTRE, JACK ANDREWS DRIVE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9YN

    ODS code F81746

    3.8 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    4.0 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    4.4 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

    WIVENHOE MEDICAL CENTRE, PHILLIP ROAD, WIVENHOE, COLCHESTER, CO7 9BA

    ODS code F81028

    5.0 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Military Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Military Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Mill Street

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Napier Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Sportsman's Club

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 011A, 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

12,142 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
9 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

61 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 11 secondary schools. St John's Green Primary School is the nearest published school at 503 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,197 published events cover 12 months, averaging 516.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,740 events.

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