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

CO3 3NE 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 3NE 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

- **77 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 8% on July. Colchester 013B: 29 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE
- **Colchester Town, 1.2 km**: About 15 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE
- **8 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 80 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE
- **No property in CO3 3NE 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=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Colchester 013B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE
- **£294,210 average price**: For the whole of Colchester, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 510 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 280 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at CO3 3NE**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE
- **Moderate road and rail noise at CO3 3NE**: Road 60 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE
- **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=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE
- **10.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Colchester Royal Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colchester-royal-grammar-school-e149899) | Secondary | 80 m (1 minute on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 80.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Colchester Prep & High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colchester-prep-and-high-school-e115409) | Independent | 200 m (2 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Kingswode Hoe School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingswode-hoe-school-e144897) | Special | 570 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Hamilton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hamilton-primary-school-e114706) | Primary | 620 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Sixth Form College Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-sixth-form-college-colchester-e151134) | Sixth form and further education | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Mary's School for Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-school-for-girls-e115394) | Independent | 640 m (8 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 | 690 m (9 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 | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2024 | £645,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| March 2026 | £360,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| July 2025 | £242,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 140 m |
| May 2026 | £435,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| June 2025 | £225,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |
| June 2024 | £400,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |
| July 2025 | £1,275,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| June 2024 | £219,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES (510 m); CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP (690 m)
- Pharmacies: DAY LEWIS PHARMACY (280 m); CAVALRY ROAD PHARMACY (690 m); BOOTS (890 m)
- Dental practices: CREFFIELD LODGE DENTAL PRACTICE (210 m); DENTAL SURGERY (250 m); THE AVENUE (DENTAL SURGERY) (430 m); ARTISAINE LTD (430 m); DENTAL SURGERY (670 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Colchester Crouch St Express (280 m, Tesco); Spar - Maldon Road (340 m, Spar); Iceland Colchester 3 (730 m, Iceland); Sainsburys Colchester Layer Road Local (830 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Colchester Express (850 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £294,210** (August 2026). Colchester’s average house price was £294,210 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.4% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 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: 7.5×** (2025). A home in Colchester costs 7.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 163rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 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 013B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 5.9** (2025). Colchester 013B has a deprivation score of 5.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,841st least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £432,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Colchester 013B was £432,500 in 2025. Joint 7,107th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,570** (2021). Colchester 013B had 1,570 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,722nd 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: 98.8%** (January 2026). In Colchester 013B, 98.8% 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: 51.8873, 0.8877

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), August 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=0.8877,51.8873,CO33NE

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