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CO4 4FW

Highwoods · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Highwoods
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO4 9FW 0 m
CO4 9FF 41 m
CO4 9FY 72 m
CO4 9YJ 77 m
CO4 5GT 89 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO4 4FW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
1 December 2001
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 4
Latitude
51.918697
Longitude
0.917943
British National Grid easting
600,761
British National Grid northing
228,485

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Highwoods · E05010830
Parish or community
E04012280
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00176410
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 002G · E01033721
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 002 · E02004507

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
41
Primary
26
Secondary
7

  1. The Trinity School

    Free schools

    306 m

  2. Brinkley Grove Primary School

    Foundation school

    329 m

  3. The Gilberd School

    Academy converter

    338 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,718
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 782
  • Criminal damage and arson 157
  • Public order 143
  • Shoplifting 141
  • Anti social behaviour 119

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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    846 m

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    1.7 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    1.7 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    3.2 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    3.2 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    3.8 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    4.5 km

  • THE ARDLEIGH SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81044

    4.7 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Newcomen Way

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Newcomen Way

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Oyster Business Park

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

  • Oyster Business Park

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

  • Julian Avenue

    BCT · Mile End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 002G, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,106 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
10 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 26 primary and 7 secondary schools. The Trinity School is the nearest published school at 306 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,718 published events cover 12 months, averaging 143.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 782 events.

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