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CO4 9QG

Highwoods · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Highwoods
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO4 9QR 69 m
CO4 9BP 82 m
CO4 9TZ 98 m
CO4 9AD 136 m
CO4 9AT 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO4 9QG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 March 2017
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 9
Latitude
51.922001
Longitude
0.930492
British National Grid easting
601,609
British National Grid northing
228,887

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Highwoods · E05010830
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00110069
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 002F · E01033720
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 002 · E02004507

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Aspen House, Stephenson Road, Severalls Industrial Park, Colchester, CO4 9QG 13 October 2025 £3,150,000
Aspen House, Stephenson Road, Severalls Industrial Park, Colchester, CO4 9QG 2 November 2015 £2,640,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
24
Secondary
5

  1. Brinkley Grove Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.0 km

  2. The Gilberd School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  3. The Trinity School

    Free schools

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
805
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 387
  • Criminal damage and arson 74
  • Public order 67
  • Vehicle crime 57
  • Anti social behaviour 57

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO4 9 residents
9,273

Age bands in CO4 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.4%

2,001 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,092 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.3%

3,073 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

2,540 residents

Age 65 and over
11.4%

1,120 residents

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    1.5 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    2.5 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    2.6 km

  • THE ARDLEIGH SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81044

    3.8 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    3.8 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    3.8 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Business Centre

    BCT · Severalls Park

    0.1 miles

  • Business Centre

    BCT · Severalls Park

    0.1 miles

  • Balkerne Gate

    BCT · Ardleigh

    0.2 miles

  • Balkerne Gate

    BCT · Ardleigh

    0.2 miles

  • Nat West

    BCT · Severalls Park

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 002F, 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

21,496 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £3,150,000 from 1 recorded sale in CO4 9QG. 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 24 primary and 5 secondary schools. Brinkley Grove Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

805 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 387 events.

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