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CO7 9WX

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 9WS 0 m
CO7 9FJ 127 m
CO7 9FG 128 m
CO7 9GS 200 m
CO7 9FF 206 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO7 9WX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 November 2002
Terminated
1 March 2003
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO7
Postcode sector
CO7 9
Latitude
51.852841
Longitude
0.964464
British National Grid easting
604,258
British National Grid northing
221,292

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
E00110423
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 017C · E01021738
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
19
Primary
15
Secondary
2

  1. Millfields Primary School

    Foundation school

    876 m

  2. St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.5 km

  3. Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
354
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 115
  • Shoplifting 109
  • Criminal damage and arson 27
  • Vehicle crime 22
  • Other theft 20

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    422 m

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    1.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Post Office

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.3 miles

  • Station Road

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.3 miles

  • Queens Road

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.4 miles

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Wivenhoe

    0.4 miles

  • Wivenhoe Rail Station

    RLY · Wivenhoe

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 017C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,327 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. Millfields Primary School is the nearest published school at 876 m.

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

Recorded crime

354 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 115 events.

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