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CO2 9NL

Shrub End · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO2 9GG 10 m
CO2 9GN 22 m
CO2 9GL 52 m
CO2 9GH 61 m
CO2 9GJ 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO2 9NL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 9
Latitude
51.868864
Longitude
0.876286
British National Grid easting
598,116
British National Grid northing
222,830

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
E00176445
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 015D · E01021714
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 015 · E02004520

Postcode source versions

Explore CO2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
32
Secondary
8

  1. Kings Ford Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    327 m

  2. King's Ford Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    327 m

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

    Community school

    484 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,512
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 642
  • Vehicle crime 172
  • Shoplifting 147
  • Public order 103
  • Other theft 92

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.

GP practices

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    1.6 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    1.8 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    1.8 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    2.5 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    2.9 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    3.3 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    3.3 km

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    3.7 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    4.6 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Layer Road

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.1 miles

  • Lordswood Road

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.1 miles

  • Lordswood Road

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.1 miles

  • Layer Road

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.1 miles

  • Catherine Hunt Way

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

49 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 8 secondary schools. Kings Ford Academy is the nearest published school at 327 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,512 published events cover 12 months, averaging 126 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 642 events.

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