CO1 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of CO1, Colchester from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
CO1 is a postcode district in Colchester. Homes here sold for a median of £234,000 over the last year, up 11.4% over five years. 14,356 sales are on record. Parts of it rank among England’s more-deprived areas (42% of its postcodes are in the most-deprived 30%). 54% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £137,000 median sold price (all time)
- £234,000 median price, last 12 months
- 14,356 recorded sales
- +11.4% 5-year price change
- 9% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 54% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 32 Smythies Avenue | Semi | £295,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 85 Morant Road | Semi | £305,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 17 East Hill | Terraced | £126,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 50 Roman Road | Semi | £435,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 13 Wells Road | Detached | £342,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 10 Edward Paxman Gardens | Flat | £172,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 2 Hereford Road | Semi | £340,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 45 Smythies Avenue | Semi | £310,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 15 Ozalid Road | Terraced | £299,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 11 Wells Road | Semi | £282,500 | Jun 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 1,813
- Shoplifting 601
- Anti-social behaviour 487
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
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Across the wider Colchester district
The figures below cover Colchester — the council district CO1 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £315,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 192,715 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 89% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈47 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 74% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 10 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 80.3 · 84.1 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| CO1 1 | £245,000 | 5,114 |
| CO1 2 | £225,000 | 9,240 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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