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CO2 9SA

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 9SB 47 m
CO2 9SD 99 m
CO2 9JJ 111 m
CO3 4BT 143 m
CO3 4RL 169 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO2 9SA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO2
Postcode sector
CO2 9
Latitude
51.869836
Longitude
0.860032
British National Grid easting
596,993
British National Grid northing
222,894

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
E00110278
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 015E · E01021715
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 015 · E02004520

Postcode source versions

Explore CO2

Property

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27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Barbour Gardens, Colchester, CO2 9SA 29 May 2026 £527,500
10, Barbour Gardens, Colchester, CO2 9SA 27 November 2025 £620,000
6, Barbour Gardens, Colchester, CO2 9SA 18 October 2024 £490,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
46
Primary
30
Secondary
8

  1. Gosbecks Primary School

    Community school

    374 m

  2. Paxman Academy

    Free schools

    690 m

  3. Prettygate Infant School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,223
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 513
  • Vehicle crime 131
  • Shoplifting 119
  • Public order 90
  • Other theft 76

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

15 female, 17 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.7
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

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO2 9 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

8

within 5 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    1.2 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    2.0 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    2.6 km

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    2.7 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    2.8 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    3.1 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    4.1 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    4.1 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

  • Gosbecks Road

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.2 miles

  • Centurion Way

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.2 miles

  • Centurion Way

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.2 miles

  • Leather Bottle

    BCT · Shrub End

    0.2 miles

  • Ash Way

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 015E, 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

16,956 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
6 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 £527,500 from 3 recorded sales in CO2 9SA. 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

46 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 8 secondary schools. Gosbecks Primary School is the nearest published school at 374 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,223 published events cover 12 months, averaging 101.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 513 events.

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