CO2 8YA

Old Heath and The Hythe · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Colchester
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO2 8BL 50 m
CO2 8AZ 63 m
CO2 8BQ 85 m
CO2 8BZ 86 m
CO2 8YB 89 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO2 8YA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 8
Latitude
51.873059
Longitude
0.914098
British National Grid easting
600,700
British National Grid northing
223,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110042
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 016E · E01021666
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 016 · E02004521

Postcode source versions

Explore CO2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
58
Primary
41
Secondary
10
  1. Kendall Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    754 m
  2. Monkwick Infant and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    816 m
  3. St. George's School

    Community school

    829 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,009
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,377
  • Shoplifting 288
  • Anti social behaviour 237
  • Criminal damage and arson 207
  • Vehicle crime 198

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO2 8 residents
14,377

Age bands in CO2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

2,504 residents

Age 15 to 24
23.3%

3,426 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.4%

3,880 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.9%

3,060 residents

Age 65 and over
12.3%

1,804 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

11

within 5 km straight-line

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    1.2 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    1.8 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    1.9 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    1.9 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    2.1 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    2.7 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    3.6 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    3.8 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    3.8 km

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    4.2 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Brittany Way

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles
  • Ladbrook Drive

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles
  • Ladbrook Drive

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles
  • Stalin Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles
  • Churchill Way

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 016E, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,218 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
7 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

58 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 10 secondary schools. Kendall Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 754 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,009 published events cover 12 months, averaging 250.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,377 events.

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