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CO7 9FY

Wivenhoe · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Wivenhoe
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO7 9EW 40 m
CO7 9FX 58 m
CO7 9HF 65 m
CO7 9HY 67 m
CO7 9FW 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 9FY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 9
Latitude
51.869574
Longitude
0.969284
British National Grid easting
604,514
British National Grid northing
223,166

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Wivenhoe · E05010843
Parish or community
E04004010
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110409
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 017B · E01021737
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 017 · E02004522

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
23
Secondary
2

  1. Broomgrove Infant School

    Community school

    898 m

  2. Broomgrove Junior School

    Community school

    898 m

  3. Millfields Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
324
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 113
  • Violence and sexual offences 110
  • Criminal damage and arson 19
  • Vehicle crime 18
  • Other theft 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO7 9 residents
7,617

Age bands in CO7 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

1,125 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

748 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.4%

1,577 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

2,045 residents

Age 65 and over
25.3%

1,857 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

5

within 5 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

    WIVENHOE MEDICAL CENTRE, PHILLIP ROAD, WIVENHOE, COLCHESTER, CO7 9BA

    ODS code F81028

    1.6 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    2.1 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    4.7 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    4.7 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Flag

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.3 miles

  • The Flag

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.3 miles

  • Heath Road

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.3 miles

  • Cricket Ground

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.4 miles

  • Cricket Ground

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 017B, 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

21,025 of 33,755

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

27 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 2 secondary schools. Broomgrove Infant School is the nearest published school at 898 m.

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

Recorded crime

324 published events cover 12 months, averaging 27 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 113 events.

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