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CO2 9FQ

Shrub End · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Shrub End
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO2 9GR 32 m
CO2 9RR 65 m
CO2 9GE 97 m
CO2 9FU 102 m
CO2 9PN 163 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO2 9FQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 9
Latitude
51.862608
Longitude
0.875392
British National Grid easting
598,082
British National Grid northing
222,132

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Shrub End · E05010840
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00110302
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 015D · E01021714
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 015 · E02004520

Postcode source versions

Explore CO2

Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Discovery Drive, Colchester, CO2 9FQ 21 October 2024 £525,000
6, Discovery Drive, Colchester, CO2 9FQ 28 June 2024 £725,000
10, Discovery Drive, Colchester, CO2 9FQ 8 September 2023 £554,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
47
Primary
30
Secondary
8

  1. St Michael's Primary School and Nursery, Colchester

    Community school

    217 m

  2. Montgomery Primary School, Colchester

    Community school

    604 m

  3. Kings Ford Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,037
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 464
  • Vehicle crime 118
  • Public order 77
  • Other theft 65
  • Burglary 64

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO2 9 residents
10,204

Age bands in CO2 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
25%

2,513 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.3%

1,235 residents

Age 25 to 44
34.6%

3,476 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.3%

1,943 residents

Age 65 and over
8.8%

890 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.

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+
85.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
85.7%
Gigabit-capable
85.7%
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

9

within 5 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    2.2 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    2.3 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    2.4 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    3.1 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    3.3 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    3.8 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    3.8 km

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    4.1 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    4.8 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

  • Kingsford Cross Roads

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.2 miles

  • Kingsford Cross Roads

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.2 miles

  • Greenways

    BCT · Layer-de-la-Haye

    0.3 miles

  • Greenways

    BCT · Layer-de-la-Haye

    0.3 miles

  • Catherine Hunt Way

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 015D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,660 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
9 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

Property market

The five-year median is £544,750 from 8 recorded sales in CO2 9FQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Colchester is £298,003 in June 2026, down 0.3% year on year.

Schools

47 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 8 secondary schools. St Michael's Primary School and Nursery, Colchester is the nearest published school at 217 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,037 published events cover 12 months, averaging 86.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 464 events.

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