CO8 5AQ

Bures St Mary & Nayland · Babergh · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bures
Local authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk
Postcode district
CO8
Postcode sector
CO8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO8 5LH 59 m
CO8 5LN 87 m
CO8 5LG 102 m
CO8 5LF 105 m
CO8 5FL 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO8 5AQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2013
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO8
Postcode sector
CO8 5
Latitude
51.972584
Longitude
0.777957
British National Grid easting
590,907
British National Grid northing
234,100

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Babergh · E07000200
Parish or community
E04009077
Westminster constituency
South Suffolk · E14001494
Output area
E00152259
Lower layer super output area
Babergh 006A · E01029880
Middle layer super output area
Babergh 006 · E02006232

Postcode source versions

Explore CO8

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Pikes Marsh, Bures, CO8 5AQ 10 June 2025 £435,000
12, Pikes Marsh, Bures, CO8 5AQ 21 October 2024 £475,000
8, Pikes Marsh, Bures, CO8 5AQ 21 May 2021 £415,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    181 m
  2. The Ryes College

    Other independent special school

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
84
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 31
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Vehicle crime 9
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Public order 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
50

27 female, 23 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.9
CO8 5 residents
2,406

Age bands in CO8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

387 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

220 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.4%

449 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.7%

725 residents

Age 65 and over
27.1%

661 residents

This postcode contained 2.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO8 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

  • Church

    BCT · Bures

    0.1 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Bures

    0.1 miles
  • Tawneys Ride

    BCT · Bures

    0.2 miles
  • Eight Bells

    BCT · Bures

    0.2 miles
  • Eight Bells

    BCT · Bures

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Babergh 006A, 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

19,766 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 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

Property market

The five-year median is £455,000 from 2 recorded sales in CO8 5AQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Babergh is £328,612 in June 2026, up 1.9% year on year.

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 181 m.

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

Recorded crime

84 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 31 events.

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