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 £340,000 over the last year, up 7.9% over five years. 20,376 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)
- £340,000 median price, last 12 months
- 20,376 recorded sales
- +7.9% 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, Jul 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 2 Marram Close | Detached | £383,000 | May 2026 |
| 15 Montbretia Close | Terraced | £250,000 | May 2026 |
| 17 Penguin Parade | Semi | £300,000 | May 2026 |
| 17 Wren Close | Detached | £570,000 | May 2026 |
| 53 Cornflower Close | Detached | £375,000 | May 2026 |
| 11 Moorhen Drift | Detached | £385,000 | May 2026 |
| 53 Harvey Crescent | Terraced | £295,000 | May 2026 |
| 49 Christopher Garnett Chase | Semi | £340,000 | May 2026 |
| 3 Wheatfield Road | Terraced | £318,000 | May 2026 |
| 27 Meerkat Mews | Semi | £295,000 | May 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 1,230
- Anti-social behaviour 285
- Shoplifting 244
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Jun 2025 – May 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)
- 88% 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)
- 9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jun 2026)
Open the full Colchester district report →
Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| CO3 0 | £345,000 | 5,287 |
| CO3 3 | £270,000 | 6,374 |
| CO3 4 | £384,250 | 3,571 |
| CO3 8 | £341,000 | 2,031 |
| CO3 9 | £326,250 | 3,076 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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