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Forge Street

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35 recorded sales · median £245,000 · 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

66/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£245k

median price

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£245k

median sold price

8.4 yrs

of local pay to buy

47 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

732

Violence — most

9.3

NO₂ · WHO 10

3.9%

in a flood zone

149

green spaces

PM2.5 · WHO 5

430

eat & drink

127

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

£23,840 in 1998 → £475,000 in 2022

⌄ 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

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

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 £245,000. That's about 8.4× local earnings — around the 9.4× five-year average.

Sold price history

2022 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 35 sales£245,000

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

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

Neighbourhood prices in Colchester how Forge Street compares · from Colchester

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Shrub End +36.5%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Shrub End	£292,000	+36.5%	345
West Mersea	£452,000	+29.9%	333
Hythe	£215,500	+27.3%	294
St John's	£325,000	+27.2%	249
Myland	£295,000	+24%	345
Colchester	£231,180	+22.9%	804
Greenstead	£280,000	+21.1%	291
Monkwick	£290,000	+19.7%	243
New Town	£235,000	+18.9%	855
Highwoods	£302,500	+18.7%	483
Prettygate	£380,000	+14.6%	339
Rowhedge	£315,000	+14.1%	192
Old Heath	£268,500	+13.8%	234
Lexden	£367,500	+12.4%	216
Stanway	£340,500	+11.5%	486
Wivenhoe	£315,000	+10.5%	297
West Bergholt	£400,000	+10.3%	99
Tiptree	£350,000	+7.2%	408
Kingswood Heath	£347,500	+5.8%	504

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Forge Street — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
2a, Forge Street Dedham	Detached	—	—	£500,000	Jan 2025
5 Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£350,000	Oct 2023
FORGE LODGE, 2 FORGE STREET	Semi-detached	—	—	£540,000	Nov 2022
12, Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£410,000	Apr 2022
27 FORGE STREET DEDHAM	Semi-detached	—	—	£367,500	Jun 2021
8 Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£350,100	Jan 2021
11, Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£285,000	May 2018
16, Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£390,000	Feb 2018
31, Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£320,000	Nov 2017
30, Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£355,000	Nov 2017
FORGE LODGE, 2 FORGE STREET	Semi-detached	—	—	£430,000	Apr 2017
26 FORGE STREET	Semi-detached	—	—	£250,000	Jun 2016
12, Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£264,000	Mar 2016
2 Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£325,000	Mar 2015
32, Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£250,000	Jul 2014
31, Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£206,000	Jan 2014
28, Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£186,000	Jan 2014
30, Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£205,000	Apr 2013
10, Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£220,300	Jan 2013
26 FORGE STREET	Semi-detached	—	—	£240,000	Dec 2012
36 Forge Street Dedham	Terraced	—	—	£140,000	Mar 2012
2 Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£262,500	Feb 2010
27 FORGE STREET DEDHAM	Semi-detached	—	—	£218,000	Nov 2007
16, Forge Street Dedham	Semi-detached	—	—	£228,000	Oct 2007

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24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Colchester

Crime runs at 9 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 / month9

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

By category, 12 months from Colchester

Violence & sexual offences

732

Anti-social behaviour

227

Shoplifting

176

Public order

139

Other theft

113

Criminal damage & arson

103

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.

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

83% of the 6 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

5 of 6 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 6 nearest inspected 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

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Hamilton Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.4 km
Christchurch Preschool	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.5 km
Butterfly Blue Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.6 km
Holly Corner Kindergarten	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.7 km
Philip Morant School and College	Secondary	Good ('23)	0.8 km
Colchester County High School for Girls	Secondary	Outstanding ('23)	0.8 km
St Benedict's Catholic College	Secondary	—	0.8 km
Lexden Lodge Kindergarten	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.9 km
Colchester Royal Grammar School	Secondary	Inadequate ('21)	0.9 km
King's Ford Infant School and Nursery	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.9 km
Kings Ford Academy	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.9 km
Colchester Prep & High School	All-through	—	1.0 km
Prettygate Infant School	Primary	Good ('22)	1.0 km
Prettygate Junior School	Primary	—	1.0 km
St Mary's School for Girls	All-through	—	1.1 km
Plume Avenue Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.1 km
Paxman Academy	Secondary	Good ('24)	1.3 km
Second Steps Day Nursery (Colchester) Limited	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.3 km
St John's Green Primary School	Primary	—	1.4 km
St Johns Green Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.4 km
Montgomery Primary School, Colchester	Primary	Good ('19)	1.5 km
Gosbecks Primary School	Primary	—	1.5 km
The Sixth Form College Colchester	16 plus	—	1.5 km
Kidz fun Early years	Nursery	—	1.6 km
Dragonfly Day Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.6 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS

9 of 10 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Creffield Medical Group	GP	Good ('16)	0.7 km
Cavalry Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Colchester Dental Centre	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Artisaine Ltd	Dentist	—	0.8 km
The Avenue (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Creffield Lodge Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Hutt Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Abbey Field Medical Centre	GP	—	1.1 km
Abbey Field Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Prettygate Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Beacon House Ministries	GP	Good ('22)	1.3 km
Ambrose Avenue Group Practice	GP	Requires improvement ('24)	1.4 km
Ambrose Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Dental Smiles Flagstaff	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Optident Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Layer Road Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.6 km
North Hill Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.6 km
The Toothplace	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Colchester City Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Dental Health Centre	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Dental Health Centre	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Queen Street Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
118 Straight Road [Dental Practice]	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Wimpole Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Colchester Medical Practice	GP	Good ('17)	2.2 km
East Hill Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	2.2 km
Dentoworld	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Clover Dental	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Mersea Road Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Mersea Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Winstree Medical Practice	GP	—	2.8 km
Bergholt Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.9 km
The Hythe Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Welpharm Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Turner Road Surgery	GP	—	3.4 km
Colchester Community Dental	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.4 km
Elmstead Day Unit	Dentist	—	3.6 km
Tollgate Health Centre	GP	—	3.7 km
The Zen Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Nayland Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
Mill Road Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	3.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
West Bergholt Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Highwoods Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	4.3 km
Rowhedge Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	4.9 km
Bluebell Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	4.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.7 km
Wivenhoe Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	6.0 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Colchester

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 47 min from Colchester Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Colchester Town Rail Station	1.1 mi	London Liverpool Street	69 min
Colchester Rail Station	1.5 mi	London Liverpool Street	47 min
Hythe (Essex) Rail Station	2.0 mi	London Liverpool Street	66 min
Wivenhoe Rail Station	3.5 mi	London Liverpool Street	70 min
Marks Tey Rail Station	4.2 mi	London Liverpool Street	51 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Colchester Rail Station (47 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

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 spaces149

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Colchester

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	430	96% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	127	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	47	—
Green spaces & parks	149	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 here14,147

New incorporations (12m)1,614

Property companies (SPVs)1,506

See the full Colchester report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district