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CO3 3DS

New Town and Christ Church · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
New Town and Christ Church
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO2 7WE 69 m
CO3 3FP 70 m
CO3 3DU 92 m
CO3 3DT 95 m
CO3 3DR 104 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO3 3DS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO3
Postcode sector
CO3 3
Latitude
51.881035
Longitude
0.887933
British National Grid easting
598,864
British National Grid northing
224,215

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
New Town and Christ Church · E05010835
Parish or community
E43000228
Westminster constituency
Colchester · E14001176
Output area
E00188123
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 013A · E01021651
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 013 · E02004518

Postcode source versions

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Property

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24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
173, Butt Road, Colchester, CO3 3DS 1 March 2023 £366,000
168, Butt Road, Colchester, CO3 3DS 10 September 2021 £260,000
172, Butt Road, Colchester, CO3 3DS 17 August 2017 £285,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
65
Primary
43
Secondary
11

  1. Hamilton Primary School

    Community school

    126 m

  2. Colchester Royal Grammar School

    Academy converter

    633 m

  3. Colchester Prep & High School

    Other independent school

    643 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,975
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,085
  • Shoplifting 693
  • Public order 393
  • Anti social behaviour 375
  • Criminal damage and arson 273

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
42

21 female, 21 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
3.2
CO3 3 residents
8,171

Age bands in CO3 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

1,255 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

901 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.8%

1,993 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

2,270 residents

Age 65 and over
20%

1,608 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO3 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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

13

within 5 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

    CREFFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 15 CAVALRY ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7GH

    ODS code F81115

    330 m

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    834 m

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    879 m

  • AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE

    76 AMBROSE AVENUE, COLCHESTER, CO3 4LN

    ODS code F81067

    1.7 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    1.8 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    1.8 km

  • TURNER ROAD SURGERY

    THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, TURNER ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO4 5JR

    ODS code Y02646

    3.1 km

  • WINSTREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    84 WINSTREE ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 0PZ

    ODS code F81069

    3.2 km

  • MILL ROAD SURGERY

    47 MILL ROAD, MILE END, COLCHESTER, CO4 5LE

    ODS code F81636

    3.5 km

  • HIGHWOODS SURGERY

    HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR

    ODS code F81679

    3.9 km

  • TOLLGATE HEALTH CENTRE

    145 LONDON ROAD, STANWAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 8NZ

    ODS code F81716

    4.0 km

  • BLUEBELL SURGERY

    BLUEBELL RESOURCE CENTRE, JACK ANDREWS DRIVE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9YN

    ODS code F81746

    4.6 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    4.7 km

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hamilton Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.0 miles

  • Hamilton Road

    BCT · Colchester

    0.0 miles

  • Dragoon Rd

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Dragoon Rd

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

  • Drury Arms

    BCT · Colchester

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 013A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,402 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £313,000 from 2 recorded sales in CO3 3DS. 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.

Schools

65 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 11 secondary schools. Hamilton Primary School is the nearest published school at 126 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4,975 published events cover 12 months, averaging 414.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,085 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.