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CO5 8LU

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 8GL 77 m
CO5 8LY 81 m
CO5 8LX 137 m
CO5 8LS 154 m
CO5 8LL 163 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 8LU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 8
Latitude
51.777050
Longitude
0.905005
British National Grid easting
600,500
British National Grid northing
212,700

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

    903 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
248
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 27
  • Other theft 25
  • 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

    999 m

Nearby transport

  • High Street

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.3 miles

  • High Street

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.3 miles

  • Tesco

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.3 miles

  • Church

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.4 miles

  • Upland Rd

    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 903 m.

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

Recorded crime

248 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.667 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.