CO8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bures, Alphamstone and Lamarsh, in Braintree, Babergh and 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 CO8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CO8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CO8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CO8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CO8 at a rate of 49.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across the CO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 17 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CO8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (39), other crime (23) and anti-social behaviour (21).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CO8 was 31.7 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 CO8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CO8 has no single figure. Of its 2 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CO8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babergh 006A | 1,876 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 45.5% |
| Braintree 002C | 2,212 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.5% |
MPs for CO8
- Sir James CleverlyConservativeMP for Braintree48% of CO8’s postcodes
- James CartlidgeConservativeMP for South Suffolk40% of CO8’s postcodes
- Sir Bernard JenkinConservativeMP for Harwich and North Essex12% of CO8’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.
Postcode sectors in CO81
Councils CO8 covers3
Postcode districts next to CO83
Nearest rail stations2
More in the CO postcode area2
CO8 in brief
CO8 is a postcode district covering Bures, Alphamstone and Lamarsh, in Braintree, Babergh and Colchester.
About 2,526 people lived in CO8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £447,500 in 2025 across 36 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CO8 was £447,500 in 2025.
CO8 had 2,441 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CO8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CO8, 49.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.