CO3 5LS

Marks Tey and Layer · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO3 8LS 1 m
CO3 8DX 703 m
CO3 8WB 796 m
CO3 8WD 801 m
CO6 1DG 830 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO3 5LS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 2001
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 5
Latitude
51.872893
Longitude
0.819835
British National Grid easting
594,213
British National Grid northing
223,126

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E04004004
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00188025
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 010F · E01035159
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 010 · E02004515

Postcode source versions

Explore CO3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
20
Secondary
6
  1. Lakelands Primary School

    Free schools

    1.3 km
  2. Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.6 km
  3. Stanway Fiveways Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
461
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 195
  • Anti social behaviour 50
  • Criminal damage and arson 46
  • Shoplifting 44
  • Public order 33

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    1.6 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    2.0 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    3.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Church Ln

    BCT · Stanway

    0.7 miles
  • Wagtail Mews

    BCT · Stanway

    0.7 miles
  • Wagtail Mews

    BCT · Stanway

    0.7 miles
  • Church Ln

    BCT · Stanway

    0.7 miles
  • Sparrow Hall

    BCT · Stanway

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 010F, 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

21,536 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 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

31 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 6 secondary schools. Lakelands Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

461 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 195 events.

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