CO7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe, in Tendring, Colchester 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 CO7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 5% of people in CO7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CO7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CO7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CO7 at a rate of 48.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across the CO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 169 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CO7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (784), other crime (320) and anti-social behaviour (161).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CO7 was 44.6 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 CO7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CO7 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 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 CO7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babergh 010C | 1,522 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.9% |
| Babergh 010D | 2,028 | 24.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.0% |
| Babergh 010G | 1,172 | 18.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.7% |
| Colchester 001B | 1,657 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.6% |
| Colchester 017B | 1,152 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.6% |
| Colchester 017C | 2,184 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 69.6% |
| Colchester 017D | 1,527 | 102.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.4% |
| Colchester 017E | 1,719 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.8% |
| Tendring 005A | 1,638 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.7% |
| Tendring 005B | 1,375 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.3% |
| Tendring 005C | 1,541 | 80.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.6% |
| Tendring 005D | 1,554 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.2% |
| Tendring 009A | 2,464 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 56.4% |
| Tendring 009B | 1,478 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 45.8% |
| Tendring 009C | 2,516 | 44.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.8% |
| Tendring 009D | 2,051 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.7% |
| Tendring 011A | 1,504 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.8% |
| Tendring 011B | 1,684 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 20.7% |
| Tendring 011C | 1,957 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 61.6% |
| Tendring 011D | 2,057 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 57.5% |
MPs for CO7
- Sir Bernard JenkinConservativeMP for Harwich and North Essex73% of CO7’s postcodes
- James CartlidgeConservativeMP for South Suffolk14% of CO7’s postcodes
- Nigel FarageReform UKMP for Clacton12% of CO7’s postcodes
- Pam CoxLabourMP for Colchester0.1% of CO7’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 CO75
Postcode sectors in CO76
Councils CO7 covers3
Towns in CO71
Postcode districts next to CO77
Nearest rail stations3
More in the CO postcode area2
CO7 in brief
CO7 is a postcode district covering Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe, in Tendring, Colchester and Babergh.
About 36,983 people lived in CO7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £355,000 in 2025 across 737 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CO7 was £355,000 in 2025.
CO7 had 34,669 usual residents at the census.
About 5% of people in CO7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CO7, 74.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.