CO4 5SS

Rural North · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Colchester
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO4 7AA 270 m
CO4 5SR 271 m
CO4 5SH 333 m
CO4 5SN 371 m
CO4 5SQ 379 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO4 5SS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 5
Latitude
51.958526
Longitude
0.919176
British National Grid easting
600,668
British National Grid northing
232,917

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E04003981
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110017
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 001C · E01021659
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 001 · E02004506

Postcode source versions

Explore CO4

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rose Cottage, Cooks Hill, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SS 28 September 2020 £750,000
Rose Cottage, Cooks Hill, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SS 29 November 2002 £340,000
Rose Cottage, Cooks Hill, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5SS 7 June 2000 £205,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
8
Secondary
2
  1. Boxted St Peter's Church of England School

    Voluntary controlled school

    423 m
  2. Langham Oaks

    Academy special sponsor led

    1.9 km
  3. Langham Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
46
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 24
  • Public order 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

5 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.8
CO4 5 residents
16,558

Age bands in CO4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.2%

3,406 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,796 residents

Age 25 to 44
33.1%

5,580 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.3%

4,095 residents

Age 65 and over
11.9%

2,006 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO4 5 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

1

within 5 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81746

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

Nearby transport

  • Cooks Hill

    BCT · Boxted

    0.2 miles
  • Cooks Hill

    BCT · Boxted

    0.2 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Boxted

    0.3 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Boxted

    0.3 miles
  • Hobbs Drive

    BCT · Boxted

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 001C, 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

20,271 of 33,755

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

14 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Boxted St Peter's Church of England School is the nearest published school at 423 m.

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

Recorded crime

46 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 24 events.

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