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CO4 9XL

Highwoods · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO4 0SA 289 m
CO4 0ER 292 m
CO4 0EP 321 m
CO4 0ES 337 m
CO4 0EW 348 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO4 9XL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 September 2003
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO4
Postcode sector
CO4 9
Latitude
51.902503
Longitude
0.918521
British National Grid easting
600,873
British National Grid northing
226,686

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
E00110085
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 002D · E01021671
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 002 · E02004507

Postcode source versions

Explore CO4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
53
Primary
35
Secondary
10

  1. Friars Grove Primary School

    Community school

    538 m

  2. Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    683 m

  3. Highwoods Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    942 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,605
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,158
  • Shoplifting 276
  • Public order 203
  • Anti social behaviour 198
  • Vehicle crime 165

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.

GP practices

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    957 m

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y02646

    1.2 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    1.5 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    1.5 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81636

    1.9 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    2.3 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code F81115

    2.9 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    3.1 km

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Upland Drive

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

  • Upland Drive

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

  • St Johns Post Office

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

  • St Johns Post Office

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

  • Mountain Ash Close

    BCT · Colchester

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 002D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,697 of 33,755

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

Schools

53 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 10 secondary schools. Friars Grove Primary School is the nearest published school at 538 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,605 published events cover 12 months, averaging 217.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,158 events.

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