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St Anne's and St John's

Ward

North east Colchester. About 10,896 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in St Anne's and St John's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,794
2,082nd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St Anne's and St John's compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

St Anne's and St John'sMiddle
Population17 wards, Colchester · 2021
Population: every ward in Colchester17 areas from 8,986 to 14,671. The middle area is 10,817. St Anne's and St John's is 10,794.
10,7948th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Colchester · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Colchester17 areas from 0.0% to 2.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. St Anne's and St John's is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Colchester · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Colchester17 areas from 37.5% to 96.5%. The middle area is 87.5%. St Anne's and St John's is 94.9%.
94.9%3rd highest
Claimant rate17 wards, Colchester · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Colchester17 areas from 1.5% to 5.7%. The middle area is 2.7%. St Anne's and St John's is 3.4%.
3.4%6th highest

Is St Anne's and St John's safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Anne's and St John's at a rate of 69.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 94.4 per 1,000 people across Colchester.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 72 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Anne's and St John's.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (328), other crime (126) and anti-social behaviour (86).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Colchester

These figures are published for the whole of Colchester, not for each ward, so they describe all of Colchester and not St Anne's and St John's alone. See Colchester

Average house price
£294,210
Down 1.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,353
153rd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.5×
Joint 163rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.3
126th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
St Anne's and St John's in brief

St Anne's and St John's had 10,794 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in St Anne's and St John's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In St Anne's and St John's, 94.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Anne's and St John's, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.