CO6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Coggeshall, in Colchester, Braintree and Babergh.
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 CO6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 8% of people in CO6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CO6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CO6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CO6 at a rate of 37.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across the CO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 104 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CO6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (534), other crime (204) and vehicle crime (99).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CO6 was 38.8 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 CO6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CO6 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 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 CO6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babergh 009B | 1,795 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.3% |
| Babergh 009D | 1,856 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.2% |
| Braintree 006C | 1,791 | 24.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.0% |
| Braintree 006D | 1,818 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.4% |
| Braintree 006E | 1,862 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Braintree 014A | 1,784 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.2% |
| Braintree 014B | 1,580 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| Braintree 014C | 1,803 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.8% |
| Colchester 001D | 2,022 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.5% |
| Colchester 003A | 1,488 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.0% |
| Colchester 003B | 1,664 | 27.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.8% |
| Colchester 003C | 1,646 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.5% |
| Colchester 010B | 1,545 | 24.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.9% |
| Colchester 010C | 1,135 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.9% |
| Colchester 010D | 1,215 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.9% |
| Colchester 010E | 1,402 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.3% |
| Colchester 010G | 1,726 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 65.9% |
MPs for CO6
- Sir Bernard JenkinConservativeMP for Harwich and North Essex41% of CO6’s postcodes
- Priti PatelConservativeMP for Witham39% of CO6’s postcodes
- James CartlidgeConservativeMP for South Suffolk19% of CO6’s postcodes
- Sir James CleverlyConservativeMP for Braintree0.2% of CO6’s postcodes
- Pam CoxLabourMP for Colchester0.2% of CO6’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 CO64
Postcode sectors in CO65
Councils CO6 covers3
Postcode districts next to CO610
Nearest rail stations2
More in the CO postcode area2
CO6 in brief
CO6 is a postcode district covering Coggeshall, in Colchester, Braintree and Babergh.
About 30,156 people lived in CO6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 490 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 37.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CO6 was £400,000 in 2025.
CO6 had 28,978 usual residents at the census.
About 8% of people in CO6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CO6, 88.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.