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CO4 5YE

Mile End · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Mile End
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO4 5YQ 55 m
CO4 5TZ 96 m
CO4 5JS 141 m
CO4 6DX 146 m
CO4 6DW 169 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO4 5YE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2009
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 5
Latitude
51.924877
Longitude
0.917151
British National Grid easting
600,679
British National Grid northing
229,170

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
E00176369
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 023A · E01035167
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 023 · E02007056

Postcode source versions

Explore CO4

Property

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86 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
37, De Grey Road, Colchester, CO4 5YE 22 April 2025 £73,000
5, De Grey Road, Colchester, CO4 5YE 6 February 2025 £87,500
8, De Grey Road, Colchester, CO4 5YE 9 August 2024 £95,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
23
Secondary
5

  1. The Trinity School

    Free schools

    985 m

  2. Brinkley Grove Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.0 km

  3. The Gilberd School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
995
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 453
  • Criminal damage and arson 103
  • Anti social behaviour 95
  • Public order 79
  • Vehicle crime 68

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
131

53 female, 78 male

Postcode households
92
Residents per household
1.4
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 0.8% 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

8

within 5 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81746

    990 m

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    1.5 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    2.0 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    2.2 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    3.9 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    3.9 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    4.4 km

  • THE ARDLEIGH SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81044

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

Nearby transport

  • Inspiration Ave

    BCT · Mile End

    0.1 miles

  • Cuckoo Point

    BCT · Severalls Park

    0.1 miles

  • Inspiration Ave

    BCT · Mile End

    0.1 miles

  • Cuckoo Point

    BCT · Severalls Park

    0.1 miles

  • Matchett Drive

    BCT · Mile End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 023A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,590 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
54
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 £93,000 from 9 recorded sales in CO4 5YE. 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

36 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. The Trinity School is the nearest published school at 985 m.

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

Recorded crime

995 published events cover 12 months, averaging 82.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 453 events.

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