CO2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Colchester, Shrub End and Berechurch, in Colchester.
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 CO2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CO2, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CO2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CO2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CO2 at a rate of 100.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across CO.
In August 2026 alone, 352 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CO2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,918), other crime (757) and anti-social behaviour (528).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CO2 was 92.5 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 CO2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CO2 has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CO2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester 008G | 2,042 | 118.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 63.0% |
| Colchester 011A | 2,164 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.4% |
| Colchester 011B | 1,517 | 129.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.3% |
| Colchester 011F | 1,779 | 74.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Colchester 011J | 1,707 | 105.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 40.5% |
| Colchester 013D | 2,738 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.5% |
| Colchester 015A | 1,414 | 165.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.9% |
| Colchester 015C | 1,291 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.4% |
| Colchester 015D | 1,884 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.2% |
| Colchester 015E | 1,506 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.8% |
| Colchester 015H | 2,396 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.8% |
| Colchester 015I | 1,209 | 94.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 65.4% |
| Colchester 016B | 1,088 | 130.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.3% |
| Colchester 016C | 1,967 | 150.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.1% |
| Colchester 016D | 1,417 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.5% |
| Colchester 016E | 1,295 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| Colchester 016F | 1,542 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.3% |
| Colchester 018A | 1,199 | 113.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| Colchester 018B | 2,023 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.2% |
| Colchester 018C | 2,339 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.2% |
| Colchester 018D | 1,216 | 55.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.6% |
| Colchester 018E | 1,529 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| Colchester 018F | 2,194 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.9% |
| Colchester 019B | 1,737 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.8% |
| Colchester 019C | 1,468 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.8% |
MPs for CO2
- Pam CoxLabourMP for Colchester72% of CO2’s postcodes
- Sir Bernard JenkinConservativeMP for Harwich and North Essex18% of CO2’s postcodes
- Priti PatelConservativeMP for Witham10% of CO2’s postcodes
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 CO23
Postcode sectors in CO24
Council1
Towns in CO22
Postcode districts next to CO25
More in the CO postcode area2
CO2 in brief
CO2 is a postcode district covering Colchester, Shrub End and Berechurch, in Colchester.
About 42,912 people lived in CO2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £297,000 in 2025 across 550 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CO2 was £297,000 in 2025.
CO2 had 41,393 usual residents at the census.
In CO2, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CO2, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.