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CO5 8LR

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 8LA 0 m
CO5 8LE 104 m
CO5 8LB 121 m
CO5 8JY 130 m
CO5 8JZ 163 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 8LR
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1995
Terminated
1 August 1997
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 8
Latitude
51.782846
Longitude
0.912483
British National Grid easting
600,990
British National Grid northing
213,365

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
E00110391
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 021D · E01021734
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

    761 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
301
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 141
  • Criminal damage and arson 33
  • Anti social behaviour 30
  • Other theft 27
  • Public order 26

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

    692 m

Nearby transport

  • Chatsworth Rd

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.1 miles

  • Chatsworth Rd

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.2 miles

  • Upland Rd

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.2 miles

  • Upland Rd

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.2 miles

  • Tesco

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 021D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,025 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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 761 m.

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

Recorded crime

301 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 141 events.

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