CO13
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kirby Cross, Frinton-on-Sea and Kirby-le-Soken, in Tendring.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CO13 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CO13, 72.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CO13 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CO13 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CO13 at a rate of 45.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across CO.
In August 2026 alone, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CO13.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (285), other crime (93) and anti-social behaviour (81).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CO13 was 48.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in CO13, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CO13 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CO13
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tendring 006A | 1,351 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.4% |
| Tendring 006B | 1,465 | 103.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 77.9% |
| Tendring 008A | 1,301 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 66.4% |
| Tendring 008B | 1,157 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 38.7% |
| Tendring 008C | 1,348 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 18.5% |
| Tendring 008D | 1,309 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.5% |
| Tendring 008E | 1,525 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.1% |
| Tendring 008F | 1,739 | 21.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.2% |
| Tendring 008G | 1,931 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.8% |
Your MP
- Nigel FarageReform UKMP for Clacton
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CO131
Postcode sectors in CO133
Council1
Postcode districts next to CO133
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CO postcode area2
CO13 in brief
CO13 is a postcode district covering Kirby Cross, Frinton-on-Sea and Kirby-le-Soken, in Tendring.
About 13,883 people lived in CO13 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £335,000 in 2025 across 350 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 45.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CO13 was £335,000 in 2025.
CO13 had 13,125 usual residents at the census.
In CO13, 72.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CO13, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.