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CO3 0WJ

Stanway · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Stanway
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO3 0WL 0 m
CO3 0HZ 44 m
CO3 0NQ 67 m
CO3 0NZ 67 m
CO3 0RE 73 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO3 0WJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 2002
Terminated
1 September 2003
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 0
Latitude
51.887572
Longitude
0.835535
British National Grid easting
595,230
British National Grid northing
224,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Stanway · E05010841
Parish or community
E04004004
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00110311
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 012B · E01021719
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 012 · E02004517

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
25
Secondary
7

  1. Stanway Primary School

    Community school

    340 m

  2. The Stanway School

    Academy converter

    578 m

  3. Lexden Springs School

    Academy special sponsor led

    584 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,344
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 560
  • Shoplifting 179
  • Anti social behaviour 121
  • Criminal damage and arson 103
  • Public order 87

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO3 0 residents
8,599

Age bands in CO3 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,480 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

817 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.2%

2,158 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.8%

2,120 residents

Age 65 and over
23.2%

1,987 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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    416 m

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    584 m

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    2.0 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    4.0 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    4.1 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Tollgate Rbt

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

  • Barn Fields

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

  • Chapel Road

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

  • Tollgate East

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

  • Lucy Lane South

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 012B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,199 of 33,755

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

40 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 7 secondary schools. Stanway Primary School is the nearest published school at 340 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,344 published events cover 12 months, averaging 112 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 560 events.

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