Property market
The five-year median is £350,000 from 3,058 recorded sales in CO3. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Colchester is £298,003 in June 2026, down 0.3% year on year.
CO3
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,458
- Current units
- 864
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 594
Postcode sectors in CO3
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
20,474 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 9, Thompson Avenue, Colchester, CO3 4HN | 29 July 2026 | £377,500 |
| 20, Spring Sedge Close, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0PP | 20 July 2026 | £220,000 |
| 52, Robin Crescent, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 8WL | 17 July 2026 | £200,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 6
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,854
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,242
- Shoplifting 260
- Anti social behaviour 220
- Public order 216
- Criminal damage and arson 194
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CO3 usual residents
- 32,840
- Age-profile population
- 32,125
Age bands in CO3
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.5%
5,743 residents
3,328 residents
8,226 residents
8,241 residents
6,587 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 855 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
812 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 673 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 0 had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE
76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN
ODS code F81067
BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES
24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES
ODS code Y01297
TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE
145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ
ODS code F81716
WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE
84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ
ODS code F81069
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Evidence in context
Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 6 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,854 published events cover 12 months, averaging 237.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,242 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.