CO4 3FU

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

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO4 3HY 59 m
CO4 0JD 113 m
CO4 0JS 131 m
CO4 0JN 147 m
CO4 3HX 155 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO4 3FU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2020
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 3
Latitude
51.902262
Longitude
0.939397
British National Grid easting
602,310
British National Grid northing
226,717

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00110264
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 022A · E01021708
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 022 · E02006922

Postcode source versions

Explore CO4

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Finch Way, Colchester, CO4 3FU 19 March 2021 £560,000
3, Finch Way, Colchester, CO4 3FU 1 March 2021 £560,000
2, Finch Way, Colchester, CO4 3FU 23 February 2021 £550,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
45
Primary
28
Secondary
8
  1. Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    380 m
  2. Roach Vale Primary School

    Community school

    465 m
  3. Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    756 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,953
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 876
  • Shoplifting 248
  • Public order 143
  • Vehicle crime 139
  • Anti social behaviour 135

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

5 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
CO4 3 residents
16,753

Age bands in CO4 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

2,466 residents

Age 15 to 24
27.5%

4,587 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

3,618 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.5%

3,419 residents

Age 65 and over
15.4%

2,566 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO4 3 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

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    1.8 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81746

    2.0 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    2.5 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    2.5 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    2.6 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    3.2 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    3.5 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    3.9 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    3.9 km

  • THE ARDLEIGH SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, DEDHAM ROAD, ARDLEIGH, COLCHESTER, CO7 7LD

    ODS code F81044

    4.2 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    5.0 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Welshwood Park

    BCT · Colchester

    0.0 miles
  • Welshwood Park

    BCT · Colchester

    0.0 miles
  • Dunthorne Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles
  • Parson's Heath

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles
  • St John's Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 022A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,158 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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
1
Low risk addresses
0
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

Schools

45 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 8 secondary schools. Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 380 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,953 published events cover 12 months, averaging 162.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 876 events.

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