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CO3 5DB

Prettygate · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Prettygate
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO3 9DB 0 m
CO3 9BX 57 m
CO3 4HB 61 m
CO3 4JL 99 m
CO3 4HA 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO3 5DB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 2001
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 5
Latitude
51.886645
Longitude
0.853746
British National Grid easting
596,487
British National Grid northing
224,746

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Prettygate · E05010837
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00110105
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 009A · E01021673
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 009 · E02004514

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
76, Straight Road, Colchester, CO3 5DB 30 August 2002 £102,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
33
Secondary
8

  1. Home Farm Primary School

    Academy converter

    99 m

  2. Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils

    Community school

    246 m

  3. St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester

    Academy converter

    389 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,281
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 556
  • Anti social behaviour 108
  • Criminal damage and arson 102
  • Public order 101
  • Vehicle crime 99

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

    872 m

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    915 m

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    1.6 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    2.7 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    2.8 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    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

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    4.1 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    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

  • Chaucer Way

    BCT · Lexden

    0.0 miles

  • Evangelical Church

    BCT · Lexden

    0.0 miles

  • Chaucer Way

    BCT · Lexden

    0.1 miles

  • Shakespeare Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Evangelical Church

    BCT · Lexden

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 009A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,154 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
9 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

51 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 8 secondary schools. Home Farm Primary School is the nearest published school at 99 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,281 published events cover 12 months, averaging 106.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 556 events.

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