# CO3 9XL: area report for a postcode in Colchester

CO3 9XL 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 9XL for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/colchester) › [CO3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co3) › [CO3 9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co3-9)

## Around this postcode

- **15 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 150% on July. Colchester 014B: 18 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL
- **Colchester Town, 3.8 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 750 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL
- **No property in CO3 9XL 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=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Colchester 014B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL
- **£297,824 average price**: For the whole of Colchester, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 900 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 470 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at CO3 9XL**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL
- **Moderate road and rail noise at CO3 9XL**: Road 55 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL
- **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=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL
- **9.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Willows](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-willows-e152651) | Special | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-teresas-catholic-primary-school-colchester-e138311) | Primary | 790 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Stanway Fiveways Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stanway-fiveways-primary-school-e114764) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2022 | 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Gosbecks Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gosbecks-primary-school-e114742) | Primary | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2024 | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Prettygate Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/prettygate-junior-school-e114743) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, February 2024 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Prettygate Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/prettygate-infant-school-e114744) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2022 | – |
| [Home Farm Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/home-farm-primary-school-e147713) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lexden Springs School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lexden-springs-school-e151484) | Special | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Inadequate (overall), January 2024, before the school changed, serious weaknesses | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2026 | £320,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| April 2026 | £340,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| February 2026 | £325,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| July 2024 | £300,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| March 2026 | £370,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| March 2024 | £277,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| April 2026 | £350,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| August 2025 | £290,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: AMBROSE AVENUE GROUP PRACTICE (900 m)
- Pharmacies: AMBROSE PHARMACY (900 m)
- Dental practices: 118 STRAIGHT ROAD [DENTAL PRACTICE] (630 m); DENTAL SURGERY (980 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Petrol Colchester (470 m, East of England Co-operative); Co-op Stanway Supermarket (540 m, East of England Co-operative); Asda Colchester Express Petrol (810 m, Asda)

## 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 014B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 7.9** (2025). Colchester 014B has a deprivation score of 7.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,108th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,304** (2021). Colchester 014B had 1,304 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 14,713th least 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: 97.7%** (January 2026). In Colchester 014B, 97.7% 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.
- **Claimant rate: 1.5%** (August 2026). In Colchester 014B, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 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: 51.8761, 0.8519

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=0.8519,51.8761,CO39XL

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co3-9xl.

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