# CO16

Postcode district covering Clacton-on-Sea, Bocking's Elm and St Osyth, in Tendring.

CO16 is a postcode district covering Clacton-on-Sea, Bocking's Elm and St Osyth, in Tendring. Median sale price £290,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code CO16. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [CO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £290,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CO16 was £290,000 in 2025. Joint 1,065th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co16#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 26,822** (2021). CO16 had 26,822 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,089th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co16#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in CO16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co16#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 68.6%** (January 2026). In CO16, 68.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co16#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=CO16) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in CO16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=CO16) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 424 homes were sold in CO16 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=CO16) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for CO16.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=CO16) (Census 2021, England and Wales): CO16 had 26,822 usual residents at the census.

## How CO16 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | CO16 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £290,000 | 5th cheapest | 16 postcode districts, CO · 2025 |
| Population | 26,822 | 7th least populated | 16 postcode districts, CO · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 16 postcode districts, CO · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 68.6% | 4th lowest | 16 postcode districts, CO · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the CO postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in CO16

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Tendring 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01022019) | 1,701 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.5% |
| [Tendring 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01021973) | 1,272 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.3% |
| [Tendring 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01021974) | 1,342 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.7% |
| [Tendring 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01022016) | 1,816 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 63.4% |
| [Tendring 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01022017) | 1,706 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.9% |
| [Tendring 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01022018) | 1,777 | 127.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.9% |
| [Tendring 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01022046) | 1,707 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 66.9% |
| [Tendring 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01021975) | 1,540 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.8% |
| [Tendring 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01021976) | 1,546 | 81.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 55.7% |
| [Tendring 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01021977) | 2,798 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 71.9% |
| [Tendring 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01022023) | 1,461 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 35.6% |
| [Tendring 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01022024) | 1,518 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 42.7% |
| [Tendring 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01022030) | 1,573 | 93.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.0% |
| [Tendring 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01022031) | 1,353 | 196.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 52.6% |
| [Tendring 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01022045) | 1,704 | 241.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 58.3% |
| [Tendring 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/neighbourhood/e01022047) | 1,450 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 70.3% |

## Your MP

- [Clacton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/clacton): Nigel Farage (Reform UK), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in CO16

[Clacton Bocking's Elm](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/clacton-bockings-elm), [Clacton Rush Green](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/clacton-rush-green), [Weeley & Thorpe-le-Soken](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring/weeley-and-thorpe-le-soken)

## Postcode sectors in CO16

[CO16 0 (143 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co16-0), [CO16 7 (104 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co16-7), [CO16 8 (324 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co16-8), [CO16 9 (248 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co16-9)

## Council

[Tendring](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring)

## Towns in CO16

[Clacton-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/clacton-on-sea)

## Postcode districts next to CO16

[CO7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co7), [CO11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co11), [CO12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co12), [CO13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co13), [CO15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co15)

## Nearest rail stations

[Thorpe-le-Soken (1.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=1.1614,51.8476), [Weeley (2.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=1.1155,51.8531), [Kirby Cross (4.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=1.2150,51.8414), [Great Bentley (5.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=1.0652,51.8518)

## More in the CO postcode area

[All CO postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 0% of people in CO16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CO16, 68.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: CO16
- Postcode area: [CO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co)
- Constituency: [Clacton †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/clacton)
- Council: [Tendring †](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring)
- Area: 99.54 km²
- People, mid-2024: 27,954*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 88

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[CO15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co15), [CO7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co7), [CO12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co12), [CO13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co13), [CO11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co11)

## Latest updates for CO16

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/CO16

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co16, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co16#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co16