# CO3 3LY: area report for a postcode in Colchester

CO3 3LY is a postcode in Colchester.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Colchester. Open the map at CO3 3LY for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/colchester) › [CO3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co3) › [CO3 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co3-3)

## Around this postcode

- **119 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 5% on July. Colchester 007A: 137 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY
- **Colchester Town, 1 km**: About 13 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY
- **9 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 190 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY
- **No property in CO3 3LY listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Colchester 007A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY
- **£297,824 average price**: For the whole of Colchester, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 350 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 140 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at CO3 3LY**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY
- **Low road and rail noise at CO3 3LY**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY
- **11.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Colchester Prep & High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colchester-prep-and-high-school-e115409) | Independent | 190 m (2 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Colchester Royal Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colchester-royal-grammar-school-e149899) | Secondary | 280 m (3 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 80.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [The Sixth Form College Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-sixth-form-college-colchester-e151134) | Sixth form and further education | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Colchester Institute](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colchester-institute-e130674) | Sixth form and further education | 590 m (7 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St John's Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-green-primary-school-e114711) | Primary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Kingswode Hoe School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingswode-hoe-school-e144897) | Special | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Hamilton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hamilton-primary-school-e114706) | Primary | 760 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Helena School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-helena-school-e137944) | Secondary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2024 | Attainment 8 of 42.4 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2026 | £290,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| June 2025 | £225,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| July 2026 | £254,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| May 2026 | £435,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| May 2024 | £280,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| September 2025 | £350,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| December 2025 | £220,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| October 2024 | £695,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES (350 m); CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP (740 m)
- Pharmacies: DAY LEWIS PHARMACY (120 m); BOOTS (720 m); CAVALRY ROAD PHARMACY (740 m); COLCHESTER CITY PHARMACY (880 m); QUEEN STREET PHARMACY (950 m)
- Dental practices: CREFFIELD LODGE DENTAL PRACTICE (300 m); DENTAL SURGERY (310 m); DENTAL SURGERY (470 m); OPTIDENT DENTAL CLINIC (530 m); NORTH HILL DENTAL PRACTICE (530 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Colchester Crouch St Express (140 m, Tesco); Spar - Maldon Road (290 m, Spar); Iceland Colchester 3 (580 m, Iceland); Tesco Colchester Express (660 m, Tesco); Spar - Colchester (750 m, Spar)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £297,824** (July 2026). Colchester’s average house price was £297,824 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.5% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £39,353** (2025). Full-time workers living in Colchester earned a median of £39,353 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 153rd highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.6×** (2025). A home in Colchester costs 7.6 times local full-time pay. Joint 155th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 17.3** (2025). Colchester has a deprivation score of 17.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 126th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Colchester 007A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 10.9** (2025). Colchester 007A has a deprivation score of 10.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 9,798th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £225,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Colchester 007A was £225,000 in 2025. Joint 8,889th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,122** (2021). Colchester 007A had 2,122 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 3,661st most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 73.5%** (January 2026). In Colchester 007A, 73.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## CO3 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £360,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CO3 was £360,000 in 2025. Joint 746th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 32,493** (2021). CO3 had 32,493 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 780th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in CO3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.1%** (January 2026). In CO3, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/colchester)
- Centre: 51.8883, 0.8901

Council: [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/colchester) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/colchester): Pam Cox (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.8901,51.8883,CO33LY

## How to cite

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