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CO6 2WS

Rural North · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Rural North
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO6 2DF 0 m
CO6 2QP 0 m
CO6 2WQ 0 m
CO6 2DD 125 m
CO6 2BX 153 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO6 2WS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 2
Latitude
51.922618
Longitude
0.755332
British National Grid easting
589,564
British National Grid northing
228,485

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Rural North · E05010838
Parish or community
E04004007
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110039
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 010B · E01021662
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 010 · E02004515

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
6
Secondary
0

  1. Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    136 m

  2. Great Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.5 km

  3. Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
25
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Burglary 5
  • Public order 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO6 2 residents
6,569

Age bands in CO6 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

1,079 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

607 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.3%

1,319 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.2%

1,962 residents

Age 65 and over
23.7%

1,540 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

  • THE PUMP HOUSE SURGERY

    NONANCOURT WAY, EARLS COLNE, COLCHESTER, CO6 2SW

    ODS code F81119

    4.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Street

    BCT · Wakes Colne

    0.0 miles

  • The Street

    BCT · Wakes Colne

    0.0 miles

  • The Street

    BCT · Wakes Colne

    0.0 miles

  • School

    BCT · Chappel

    0.1 miles

  • School

    BCT · Chappel

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 010B, 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

22,699 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
1 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 136 m.

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

Recorded crime

25 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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