Property market
The five-year median is £309,000 from 4,039 recorded sales in CO4. 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.
CO4
UK postcode district
Part of Colchester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,722
- Current units
- 1,193
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 9
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 529
Postcode sectors in CO4
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
30,674 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 43, Wesley Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3AT | 27 July 2026 | £340,000 |
| 57, St Andrews Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3AJ | 27 July 2026 | £320,000 |
| 5, Sanitsky Way, Colchester, CO4 9AZ | 24 July 2026 | £470,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 16
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 5,336
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,450
- Shoplifting 454
- Criminal damage and arson 412
- Public order 407
- Anti social behaviour 372
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CO4 usual residents
- 53,273
- Age-profile population
- 53,128
Age bands in CO4
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- 9,752 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.9%
- 8,447 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.4%
- 15,102 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 23%
- 12,227 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 14.3%
- 7,600 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 1,177 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%
In this district, 1,118 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 922 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 8 postcode units 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
HIGHWOODS SURGERY
HIGHWOODS SQUARE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, CO4 9SR
ODS code F81679
MILL ROAD SURGERY
47 MILL ROAD, MILE END, COLCHESTER, CO4 5LE
ODS code F81636
TURNER ROAD SURGERY
THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, TURNER ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO4 5JR
ODS code Y02646
Evidence in context
Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,336 published events cover 12 months, averaging 445 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,450 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.