CO6 5BS

Brett Vale · Babergh · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO6 5BP 220 m
CO6 5AA 312 m
CO6 5AH 362 m
CO6 5AL 485 m
CO6 5WY 487 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO6 5BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 5
Latitude
52.006262
Longitude
0.895265
British National Grid easting
598,814
British National Grid northing
238,159

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Babergh · E07000200
Parish or community
E04009116
Westminster constituency
South Suffolk · E14001494
Output area
E00152385
Lower layer super output area
Babergh 009C · E01029902
Middle layer super output area
Babergh 009 · E02006235

Postcode source versions

Explore CO6

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Polstead Hall, Polstead, Colchester, CO6 5BS 16 March 2007 £2,800,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus

    Other independent school

    1.6 km
  2. Stoke-by-Nayland Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.8 km
  3. Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
17
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Other theft 5
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Public order 2
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
CO6 5 residents
700

Age bands in CO6 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13%

112 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

79 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.4%

141 residents

Age 45 to 64
34.4%

296 residents

Age 65 and over
27.1%

233 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO6 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Water Lane

    BCT · Polstead

    0.2 miles
  • Water Lane

    BCT · Polstead

    0.2 miles
  • The Cock

    BCT · Polstead

    0.3 miles
  • The Cock

    BCT · Polstead

    0.3 miles
  • Middle School

    BCT · Stoke-by-Nayland

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Babergh 009C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,816 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
0
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

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

17 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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