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CO3 5BL

Stanway · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Stanway
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO3 0NR 11 m
CO3 0HD 41 m
CO3 0NH 85 m
CO3 0HN 91 m
CO3 0RB 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO3 5BL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 2001
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 5
Latitude
51.888287
Longitude
0.842019
British National Grid easting
595,673
British National Grid northing
224,897

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
E00110317
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
47
Primary
30
Secondary
8

  1. Stanway Primary School

    Community school

    380 m

  2. Lexden Springs School

    Academy special sponsor led

    473 m

  3. The Stanway School

    Academy converter

    589 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,399
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 581
  • Shoplifting 179
  • Anti social behaviour 123
  • Criminal damage and arson 107
  • Public order 93

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

10

within 5 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    473 m

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    861 m

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    1.7 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    3.6 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    3.7 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    4.1 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    4.6 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    4.6 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    4.6 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    4.7 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

  • Garage

    BCT · Stanway

    0.0 miles

  • Garage

    BCT · Stanway

    0.0 miles

  • Lucy Lane South

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

  • Lucy Lane South

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

  • New Farm Road

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 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

47 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 8 secondary schools. Stanway Primary School is the nearest published school at 380 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,399 published events cover 12 months, averaging 116.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 581 events.

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