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CO7 9SA

Wivenhoe · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 9SB 74 m
CO7 9JE 80 m
CO7 9JG 89 m
CO7 9JA 92 m
CO7 9JQ 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 9SA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 March 1982
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 9
Latitude
51.871754
Longitude
0.966319
British National Grid easting
604,300
British National Grid northing
223,400

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
E00110407
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 017B · E01021737
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 017 · E02004522

Postcode source versions

Explore CO7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
25
Secondary
2

  1. Broomgrove Infant School

    Community school

    788 m

  2. Broomgrove Junior School

    Community school

    788 m

  3. Millfields Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
403
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 151
  • Shoplifting 113
  • Other theft 31
  • Vehicle crime 27
  • Criminal damage and arson 21

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 straight-line

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    1.8 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

    4.4 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    4.4 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • The Flag

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.2 miles

  • The Flag

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.2 miles

  • Heath Road

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.4 miles

  • Wivenhoe Cross

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.5 miles

  • Wivenhoe Cross

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.5 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

29 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 2 secondary schools. Broomgrove Infant School is the nearest published school at 788 m.

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

Recorded crime

403 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 151 events.

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