CO16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Clacton-on-Sea, Bocking's Elm and St Osyth, 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 CO16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CO16, 68.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CO16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CO16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CO16 at a rate of 107.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across CO.
In August 2026 alone, 322 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CO16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,372), other crime (527) and anti-social behaviour (353).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CO16 was 89.2 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 CO16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CO16 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CO16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tendring 003E | 1,701 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.5% |
| Tendring 007A | 1,272 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.3% |
| Tendring 007B | 1,342 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.7% |
| Tendring 007C | 1,816 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 63.4% |
| Tendring 007D | 1,706 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.9% |
| Tendring 007E | 1,777 | 127.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.9% |
| Tendring 011E | 1,707 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 66.9% |
| Tendring 013A | 1,540 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.8% |
| Tendring 013B | 1,546 | 81.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 55.7% |
| Tendring 013C | 2,798 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 71.9% |
| Tendring 015A | 1,461 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 35.6% |
| Tendring 015B | 1,518 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 42.7% |
| Tendring 015C | 1,573 | 93.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.0% |
| Tendring 015D | 1,353 | 196.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 52.6% |
| Tendring 018D | 1,704 | 241.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 58.3% |
| Tendring 018E | 1,450 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 70.3% |
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 CO163
Postcode sectors in CO164
Council1
Towns in CO161
Postcode districts next to CO165
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CO postcode area2
CO16 in brief
CO16 is a postcode district covering Clacton-on-Sea, Bocking's Elm and St Osyth, in Tendring.
About 27,954 people lived in CO16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £290,000 in 2025 across 424 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 107.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CO16 was £290,000 in 2025.
CO16 had 26,822 usual residents at the census.
In CO16, 68.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CO16, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.