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CO4 0AR

St Anne's and St John's · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
St Anne's and St John's
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO4 0AP 67 m
CO4 0AF 90 m
CO4 0AT 96 m
CO4 0AW 96 m
CO4 0BA 97 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO4 0AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 0
Latitude
51.896675
Longitude
0.917445
British National Grid easting
600,825
British National Grid northing
226,035

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
St Anne's and St John's · E05010839
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00110248
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 022D · E01021702
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 022 · E02006922

Postcode source versions

Explore CO4

Property

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29 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
61, Broadlands Way, Colchester, CO4 0AR 13 February 2024 £287,500
88, Broadlands Way, Colchester, CO4 0AR 7 July 2023 £317,500
96, Broadlands Way, Colchester, CO4 0AR 15 June 2023 £270,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
58
Primary
39
Secondary
10

  1. Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    471 m

  2. St James the Great Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    652 m

  3. Friars Grove Primary School

    Community school

    923 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5,498
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,282
  • Shoplifting 840
  • Anti social behaviour 414
  • Public order 395
  • Criminal damage and arson 317

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
62

29 female, 33 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
2.3
CO4 0 residents
7,538

Age bands in CO4 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

1,200 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

769 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.3%

1,619 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.4%

1,844 residents

Age 65 and over
25.3%

1,840 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO4 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

11

within 5 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    925 m

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    925 m

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    1.5 km

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    1.6 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    1.8 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

    BLUEBELL RESOURCE CENTRE, JACK ANDREWS DRIVE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9YN

    ODS code F81746

    2.2 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    2.3 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    2.4 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    2.5 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    4.2 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    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

  • Valentines Drive

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Valentines Drive

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Goring Road West

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • BT Centre

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

  • Goring Road West

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 022D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,690 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £295,000 from 6 recorded sales in CO4 0AR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Colchester is £298,003 in June 2026, down 0.3% year on year.

Schools

58 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 10 secondary schools. Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 471 m.

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

Recorded crime

5,498 published events cover 12 months, averaging 458.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,282 events.

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