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CO4 4BU

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

Updated September 2026

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Ward
St Anne's and St John's
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO4 0BU 0 m
CO4 3DD 56 m
CO4 3DB 84 m
CO4 0BT 106 m
CO4 0BX 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO4 4BU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 2001
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 4
Latitude
51.894495
Longitude
0.924833
British National Grid easting
601,343
British National Grid northing
225,813

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
E00110256
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 022F · E01021704
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 022 · E02006922

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
56
Primary
38
Secondary
10

  1. Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    332 m

  2. Unity Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    927 m

  3. Friars Grove Primary School

    Community school

    940 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,522
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,021
  • Shoplifting 459
  • Anti social behaviour 333
  • Public order 310
  • Criminal damage and arson 294

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

12

within 5 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    1.2 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    1.2 km

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    1.9 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    2.0 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    2.2 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81746

    2.5 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    2.6 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    2.6 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    2.8 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    4.3 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    4.5 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

    WIVENHOE MEDICAL CENTRE, PHILLIP ROAD, WIVENHOE, COLCHESTER, CO7 9BA

    ODS code F81028

    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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Dilbridge Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Longcroft Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Goring Road East

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Goring Road East

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

  • Fairfield Gardens

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 022F, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,911 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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

56 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 10 secondary schools. Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 332 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,522 published events cover 12 months, averaging 376.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,021 events.

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