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CO4 5TA

Rural North · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Rural North
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO4 5TF 448 m
CO4 5TD 525 m
CO4 5SZ 585 m
CO4 5TB 647 m
CO4 5SN 649 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO4 5TA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 5
Latitude
51.965745
Longitude
0.927653
British National Grid easting
601,218
British National Grid northing
233,743

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Rural North · E05010838
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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
5
Secondary
0

  1. Boxted St Peter's Church of England School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.4 km

  2. Langham Oaks

    Academy special sponsor led

    2.2 km

  3. Langham Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
35
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Public order 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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% 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.

Nearby transport

  • Cooks Hill

    BCT · Boxted

    0.7 miles

  • Cooks Hill

    BCT · Boxted

    0.7 miles

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Boxted

    0.9 miles

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Boxted

    0.9 miles

  • Hobbs Drive

    BCT · Boxted

    1.0 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Boxted St Peter's Church of England School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

35 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

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