Property market
The five-year median is £350,000 from 3,670 recorded sales in CO7. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Tendring is £261,717 in June 2026, up 2.6% year on year.
CO7
UK postcode district
Part of Colchester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,657
- Current units
- 1,343
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 13
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 314
Postcode sectors in CO7
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
21,770 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cluffs, The Heath, Dedham, Colchester, CO7 6BU | 23 July 2026 | £770,000 |
| 39, The Cross, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9QJ | 23 July 2026 | £252,500 |
| 46, St Andrews Close, Alresford, Colchester, CO7 8BL | 23 July 2026 | £360,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 15
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,897
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 859
- Criminal damage and arson 155
- Other theft 149
- Shoplifting 149
- Vehicle crime 141
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CO7 usual residents
- 35,021
- Age-profile population
- 34,668
Age bands in CO7
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15%
- 5,214 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.5%
- 3,286 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.6%
- 6,809 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.4%
- 10,181 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 26.5%
- 9,178 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 1,309 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, 1,172 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 737 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 9 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
5
in this district
COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE
40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT
ODS code F81116
CONSTABLE COUNTRY RURAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
CONSTABLE COUNTRY MP, HEATH ROAD, EAST BERGHOLT, COLCHESTER, CO7 6RT
ODS code D83001
GREAT BENTLEY SURGERY
THE HOLLIES, THE GREEN, GREAT BENTLEY, COLCHESTER, CO7 8PJ
ODS code F81021
THE ARDLEIGH SURGERY
DOCTORS SURGERY, DEDHAM ROAD, ARDLEIGH, COLCHESTER, CO7 7LD
ODS code F81044
WIVENHOE SURGERY
WIVENHOE MEDICAL CENTRE, PHILLIP ROAD, WIVENHOE, COLCHESTER, CO7 9BA
ODS code F81028
Evidence in context
Schools
15 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,897 published events cover 12 months, averaging 158 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 859 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.