High deprivation
IMD England
Low · 4.0 per 1k
Crime · Jun '26
£240,000
Median property price
—
Annual change
East of England
Region
Live
Status
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Coordinates & Location for CO12 3FF
Postcode
CO12 3FF
Coordinates
51.9371, 1.2743
Grid reference
TM251315
Easting
625,168
Northing
231,571
Region
East of England
Plus Code
9F33W7PF+RP
User Type
Small user postcode
Grid Quality
Quality indicator 1 (highest positional precision)
Built Up Area
Harwich
Travel to Work
Clacton
ITL Region
Tendring
National Park
Non-National Park
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
7977
Rank out of 33,755 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 7977 out of 33,755 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Property sales (Land Registry)
England & WalesProperty sales · CO12 3FF
HM Land Registry · Tendring
Average price
£252,500
YoY: not enough sales in one or both windows
Median price: £240,000
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Sep '24 – Mar '25Mar '25: 1 sales · avg £287,500
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£288k£259k£230k
Sep '24Oct '24Mar '25
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime near CO12 3FF
England & WalesCrime trends · near CO12 3FF
Counts are for Dovercourt Bay electoral ward, not a 1-mile police.uk street search around this postcode.
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
8
YoY —
1481
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
4
YoY —
420
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
1
YoY —
210
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
2
YoY —
530
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
White Brit.93.7%
Other White2.1%
+ other · 4.2%
Religion
Christian48.5%
No religion43.2%
Not answered5.2%
Other religion1.2%
Muslim1.1%
+ other · 0.8%
Age groups
50–6419.5%
35–4917.5%
65–7412.6%
25–349.9%
75–849.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.6%
Households
Lone parent family: With dependent children56.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent8.5%
Lone parent family: All children non-dependent7.6%
Cohabiting couple family: No children6.9%
Cohabiting couple family: All children non-dependent6.5%
+ 5 other households · 14.1%
Administrative Information
Tendring
Local Authority
Council AreaHarwich and North Essex E14001273
Constituency
E14001273Essex
Police Force
England
Ward
Dovercourt Bay
Constituency code
E14001273
EU Electoral Region
Eastern
Parish
Harwich
International Territorial Level
Tendring
Health & NHS
East of England
Health Authority
Serving Essex
NHS EnglandEast of England
Cancer Alliance
National
Health Authority
East of England
NHS Region
East of England
Integrated Care Board
NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
Primary Care Org
North East Essex
Sub ICB Location
NHS Essex ICB - 06T
Cancer Alliance
East of England
Statistical Areas
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
Tendring 001C E01021999
E01021999MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Tendring 001 E02004573
E02004573LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Tendring 001C E01021999
E01021999MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Tendring 001 E02004573
E02004573Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
2001 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban city and town C1
2021 Classification
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Sun & Time Information
5:48 AM
Sunrise
5:43 PM
Sunset
11 hours 55 minutes of daylight today
Sunrise (today)
5:48 AM
Sunset (today)
5:43 PM
Daylight duration
11 hours 55 minutes
Time zone
GMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
June 2009
First Introduced
Active fromNot terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated~17 years
Active Duration
2009 -> PresentJune 2009 — Introduced
Postcode CO12 3FF introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 7977
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01021999 and MSOA E02004573 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode CO12 3FF is currently active and in use.
First introduced
June 2009
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~17 years
Last updated
2026-08-01
Current status
Live
Schools near CO12 3FF
Open state schools within 1.2 miles of this postcode, ranked by distance.
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11FSM 48%
RWM expected
48%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 5–11FSM 15%
RWM expected
53%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11FSM 54%
RWM expected
31%
SecondaryStateMixed · Ages 11–16FSM 42%
Attainment 8
37.6
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11FSM 33%
RWM expected
67%
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
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