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CO3 5LJ

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 0LJ 43 m
CO3 0LL 220 m
CO3 0AY 307 m
CO3 0AT 354 m
CO3 0AX 373 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO3 5LJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 2001
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 5
Latitude
51.871676
Longitude
0.831934
British National Grid easting
595,051
British National Grid northing
223,023

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
E00188136
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 012E · E01021722
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 012 · E02004517

Postcode source versions

Explore CO3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
22
Secondary
8

  1. Lakelands Primary School

    Free schools

    1.1 km

  2. Stanway Fiveways Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km

  3. The Stanway School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
572
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 233
  • Shoplifting 73
  • Criminal damage and arson 58
  • Anti social behaviour 54
  • Public order 41

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    1.5 km

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    1.6 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    2.4 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    4.3 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    4.6 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Post Office

    BCT · Stanway

    0.5 miles

  • Colchester Zoo

    BCT · Stanway

    0.5 miles

  • Fiveways

    BCT · Stanway

    0.6 miles

  • Colchester Zoo

    BCT · Stanway

    0.6 miles

  • Winstree Court

    BCT · Stanway

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 012E, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,020 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 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

38 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 8 secondary schools. Lakelands Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

572 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 233 events.

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