CO3 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of CO3, Colchester from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
CO3 is a postcode district in Colchester. Homes here sold for a median of £342,000 over the last year, up 6.3% over five years. 20,474 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (59% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 55% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £205,000 median sold price (all time)
- £342,000 median price, last 12 months
- 20,474 recorded sales
- +6.3% 5-year price change
- 59% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 55% 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 |
|---|
| 9 Thompson Avenue | Detached | £377,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 20 Spring Sedge Close | Semi | £220,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 52 Robin Crescent | Flat | £200,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 11 Penguin Parade | Detached | £310,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 39 President Road | Detached | £460,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 21 Penguin Parade | Detached | £310,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 19 Papillon Road | Terraced | £254,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Jenner House, 12 Martin Hunt Drive | Flat | £188,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 109 Rotary Way | Flat | £163,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 116 Maldon Road | Semi | £375,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 1,269
- Anti-social behaviour 335
- Shoplifting 270
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.
Street-level crime map near here →
Across the wider Colchester district
The figures below cover Colchester — the council district CO3 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 |
|---|
| CO3 0 | £345,000 | 5,314 |
| CO3 3 | £287,500 | 6,404 |
| CO3 4 | £389,250 | 3,589 |
| CO3 8 | £331,375 | 2,043 |
| CO3 9 | £330,000 | 3,087 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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