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CO5 8LQ

Mersea and Pyefleet · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Mersea and Pyefleet
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO5 8LH 81 m
CO5 8LG 155 m
CO5 8QE 205 m
CO5 8QF 207 m
CO5 8XR 212 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 8LQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
1 December 1996
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 8
Latitude
51.774284
Longitude
0.907727
British National Grid easting
600,700
British National Grid northing
212,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Mersea and Pyefleet · E05010833
Parish or community
E04004009
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110388
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 021E · E01021735
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 021 · E02004526

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0

  1. Mersea Island School

    Foundation school

    775 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
250
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 102
  • Criminal damage and arson 29
  • Anti social behaviour 28
  • Other theft 26
  • Public order 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO5 8 residents
7,515

Age bands in CO5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.2%

841 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

646 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.4%

1,159 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,157 residents

Age 65 and over
36.1%

2,709 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • WEST MERSEA SURGERY

    32 KINGSLAND ROAD, WEST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, CO5 8RA

    ODS code F81012

    918 m

Nearby transport

  • High Street

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.2 miles

  • High Street

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.2 miles

  • Church

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.4 miles

  • Tesco

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.4 miles

  • Yorick Road

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 021E, 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

25,093 of 33,755

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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Mersea Island School is the nearest published school at 775 m.

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

Recorded crime

250 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 102 events.

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