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CO3 5LW

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 0LW 0 m
CO3 8WN 69 m
CO3 0LB 90 m
CO3 8WP 98 m
CO3 8WQ 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO3 5LW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 2001
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 5
Latitude
51.878838
Longitude
0.834447
British National Grid easting
595,193
British National Grid northing
223,826

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
41
Primary
25
Secondary
8

  1. Lakelands Primary School

    Free schools

    308 m

  2. Stanway Fiveways Primary School

    Community school

    584 m

  3. The Stanway School

    Academy converter

    611 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,214
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 497
  • Shoplifting 179
  • Anti social behaviour 105
  • Criminal damage and arson 99
  • Public order 78

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

    769 m

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    844 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

    4.3 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Winstree Court

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

  • Winstree Court

    BCT · Stanway

    0.1 miles

  • Church Ln

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 miles

  • Harvey Crescent

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 miles

  • Post Office

    BCT · Stanway

    0.2 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

41 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 8 secondary schools. Lakelands Primary School is the nearest published school at 308 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,214 published events cover 12 months, averaging 101.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 497 events.

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