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Rowallan Close

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15 recorded sales · median £196,000 · Colchester

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Colchester Council · Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition 30/51 seats · 59% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

68/100

Good

Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£196k

median price

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£196k

median sold price

8.4 yrs

of local pay to buy

rail stations mapped

grammar schools

schools total

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

823

Violence — most

9.3

NO₂ · WHO 10

3.9%

in a flood zone

151

green spaces

PM2.5 · WHO 5

437

eat & drink

126

shops

73.7%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

Not enough history to chart yet.

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Colchester, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-09-09

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)

Crime2026-07

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £196,000. That's about 8.4× local earnings — around the 9.4× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 15 sales£196,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay8.4× · five-year average 9.4×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss from Colchester16.8%

Of the homes across Colchester that sold again within five years, 16.8% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than East of England (17.5%).

By property type

Detached houses0%

Semi-detached houses3.3%

Terraced houses1.9%

Flats19%

New-build vs second-hand

Bought new23%

Bought second-hand14.2%

Overall

Typical resale gain+16% · ~6.8-yr hold

Same home sold twice within five years (1,055 resale pairs) across Colchester — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

Home ownership65%

Owned outright

33%

With a mortgage

32%

Private rented

22%

Social rented

13%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,241

Your band:

Colchester City Council£231

Essex County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,642

Police & Crime Commissioner£275

Fire & Rescue£93

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,494

Band B£1,743

Band C£1,992

Band D (baseline)£2,241

Band E£2,739

Band F£3,237

Band G£3,735

Band H£4,482

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

How safe is it? from Colchester

Crime runs at 10 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month10

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Colchester

Violence & sexual offences

823

Anti-social behaviour

286

Shoplifting

189

Other theft

147

Public order

124

Criminal damage & arson

122

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Colchester district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Colchester

Population192,715

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 55% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 6/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 6/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 6 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

6.1/10

Employment

6.1/10

Education & skills

6.1/10

Health & disability

5.3/10

Crime

5.0/10

Housing & services

5.4/10

Living environment

6.3/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Colchester — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+59%

Unemployment · economically active residents5.6%

Degree-level (Level 4+)32%

Good or very good health84%

Own their home65%

Median age39.2

Born outside the UK15%

See the full Colchester report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

Ofsted

0 nearest schools.

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Schools

No schools on the register for Rowallan Close.

GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

At a glance

	Here
Life expectancy — men	80.3 yrs
Life expectancy — women	84.1 yrs
Smoking	7.7%
Adults overweight or obese	64%

OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)

Getting around from Colchester

Travel to work

Drive

51%

Work from home

31%

Walk or cycle

11%

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging10 points

Per 10,000 residents0.5

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Colchester

Air quality

NO₂

9.3

— WHO guide

PM2.5

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000%

Flood zone3.9% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill41 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings1,571

Conservation areas24

Green belt0%

Green spaces151

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Colchester

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	437	96% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	126	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	48	—
Green spaces & parks	151	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

73.7%

Superfast

95.5%

Ultrafast

73.7%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Colchester

Figures for the wider Colchester — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate5.6%

In work (employment rate)58.9%

Companies registered here28,205

New incorporations (12m)3,375

Property companies (SPVs)3,013

See the full Colchester report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district