CO4 5TY

Mile End · 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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO4 5ZW 36 m
CO4 5RY 60 m
CO4 5EZ 79 m
CO4 5ZU 127 m
CO4 5UJ 142 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO4 5TY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 5
Latitude
51.903117
Longitude
0.882300
British National Grid easting
598,379
British National Grid northing
226,655

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Mile End · E05010834
Parish or community
E04012280
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00176402
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 024F · E01035177
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 024 · E02007057

Postcode source versions

Explore CO4

44 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Joy Clucas House, 10, Apprentice Drive, Colchester, CO4 5TY 27 April 2026 £153,000
Joy Clucas House, 9, Apprentice Drive, Colchester, CO4 5TY 30 October 2025 £182,000
Joy Clucas House, 2, Apprentice Drive, Colchester, CO4 5TY 9 October 2025 £170,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
61
Primary
40
Secondary
11
  1. Braiswick Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    480 m
  2. St Helena School

    Academy converter

    978 m
  3. Colchester Institute

    Further education

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,702
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 794
  • Shoplifting 152
  • Other theft 141
  • Criminal damage and arson 136
  • Public order 116

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
49

24 female, 25 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
1.8
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 0.3% 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

12

within 5 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    1.4 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    1.5 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    1.9 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    2.4 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    2.4 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    2.5 km

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    2.6 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    2.8 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    3.1 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81746

    3.1 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    3.5 km

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    4.1 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

  • Apprentice Drive

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles
  • Axial Drive

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles
  • Turbine Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles
  • Aerofoil Grove

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles
  • Warwick Bailey Close

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 024F, 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

23,039 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £190,000 from 11 recorded sales in CO4 5TY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Colchester is £298,003 in June 2026, down 0.3% year on year.

Schools

61 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 11 secondary schools. Braiswick Primary School is the nearest published school at 480 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,702 published events cover 12 months, averaging 141.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 794 events.

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