CO5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering West Mersea and Tiptree, in Colchester and Braintree.
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 CO5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CO5, 56.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CO5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CO5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CO5 at a rate of 43.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across CO.
In August 2026 alone, 129 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CO5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (598), other crime (261) and anti-social behaviour (137).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CO5 was 42.4 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 CO5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CO5 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CO5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree 014D | 1,620 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.1% |
| Braintree 014E | 2,027 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.4% |
| Braintree 014F | 1,594 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.4% |
| Colchester 016A | 2,138 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.3% |
| Colchester 019A | 2,454 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 47.1% |
| Colchester 019D | 1,471 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.1% |
| Colchester 019E | 1,171 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| Colchester 020A | 1,884 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.8% |
| Colchester 020B | 1,671 | 24.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 73.3% |
| Colchester 020C | 1,483 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.0% |
| Colchester 020D | 1,518 | 92.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 0.9% |
| Colchester 020E | 1,532 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 17.0% |
| Colchester 021A | 1,413 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 14.5% |
| Colchester 021B | 1,517 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 23.8% |
| Colchester 021C | 1,564 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 19.1% |
| Colchester 021D | 1,367 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 39.9% |
| Colchester 021E | 1,361 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 8.4% |
MPs for CO5
- Priti PatelConservativeMP for Witham57% of CO5’s postcodes
- Sir Bernard JenkinConservativeMP for Harwich and North Essex43% of CO5’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 CO54
Postcode sectors in CO55
Councils CO5 covers2
Towns in CO51
Postcode districts next to CO56
Nearest rail stations2
More in the CO postcode area2
CO5 in brief
CO5 is a postcode district covering West Mersea and Tiptree, in Colchester and Braintree.
About 30,079 people lived in CO5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £387,000 in 2025 across 577 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 43.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CO5 was £387,000 in 2025.
CO5 had 29,163 usual residents at the census.
In CO5, 56.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CO5, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.