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CO4 5NE

In Colchester · area guide: flood risk, crime & house prices
Flood risk
None identified
Rivers & sea · surface water none identified
Crime
89
Incidents, 12 months
Median price
£330,000
HM Land Registry sold prices
Plain-English summary

CO4 5NE has a current median sold price of £330,000, about 4.6% higher than a year ago and 4.6% above three years ago. Recorded crime in the immediate neighbourhood is 89 incidents in the past year, up 17.1% on the year but still 39% lower than three years ago. Violence and sexual offences remains the most common category, as it was three years ago. Flood risk is recorded as none identified.

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House prices in depth

The postcode sector median sale price is £330,000, which sits above the wider district median of £320,000 and the national median of £284,238. Detached homes have the highest median at £490,000, followed by semi-detached homes at £342,500 and terraced homes at £295,000. Flats are lower at £171,500. These type figures give a useful shape to the local market, and each is based on a reasonable number of sales, with detached homes on 131 sales, semi-detached on 117, terraced on 114 and flats on 94.

Crime in context

Recorded crime in the immediate neighbourhood stands at 89 incidents in the past year. That is up 17.1% on a year ago, but still 39% below the level three years ago. Violence and sexual offences remains the most common category, as it was three years ago. The figures point to a recent rise after a larger fall over the longer comparison, with the current pattern still led by the same broad offence type.

Flood risk

The available flood band is listed as none identified. That gives no sign of a recorded flood risk band in the data for this postcode. No further flood detail is provided here, so the safest reading is simply that no identified band is shown.

Written from official dataUpdated 2026-07

Flood risk

Rivers & sea: None identified. Surface water: None identified.

Rivers & sea
None identified
Surface water
None identified
Flood risk is shown at area level and is indicative only. Always check the Environment Agency's official record and a surveyor before buying.
EA release · 2026-07Full flood detail →

House prices

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, based on sales in the nearby postcode sector (a small cluster of streets), last 24 months.

Jul 21Jun 26

Range £248,500 – £419,998

Median sale price
£330,000
Sales
467

By property type

Median sold price by type across CO4 5, last 24 months.

  • Detached£490,000(131 sales)
  • Semi-detached£342,500(117 sales)
  • Terraced£295,000(114 sales)
  • Flat£171,500(94 sales)

Sector median £330,000 vs the wider district £320,000 · national £284,238.

Recorded crime

Crime data from Police.uk, based on incidents in the immediate neighbourhood (an official statistics area of roughly 1,500 residents), last 12 months.

Incidents
89
Most common type
Violence and sexual offences
Police.uk release · 2026-07

How this area has changed

PostcodeLens combines saved monthly snapshots with views reconstructed from official source data, so you can compare today's figures with earlier months.

August 2026saved snapshot
Median price recorded at £330,000 · Crime: 89 incidents in the 12 months to this snapshot
July 2026saved snapshot
Median price recorded at £330,000 · Crime: 86 incidents in the 12 months to this snapshot
June 2026reconstructed
Sector median £330,000 · Crime: 89 incidents in the 12 months to June 2026
May 2026reconstructed
Sector median £330,000 · Crime: 86 incidents in the 12 months to May 2026
April 2026reconstructed
Sector median £330,000 · Crime: 84 incidents in the 12 months to April 2026
March 2026reconstructed
Sector median £330,000 · Crime: 81 incidents in the 12 months to March 2026
February 2026reconstructed
Sector median £330,000 · Crime: 84 incidents in the 12 months to February 2026
January 2026reconstructed
Sector median £330,000 · Crime: 81 incidents in the 12 months to January 2026
December 2025reconstructed
Sector median £330,000 · Crime: 85 incidents in the 12 months to December 2025
November 2025reconstructed
Sector median £329,000 · Crime: 77 incidents in the 12 months to November 2025
October 2025reconstructed
Sector median £328,000 · Crime: 88 incidents in the 12 months to October 2025
September 2025reconstructed
Sector median £329,000 · Crime: 84 incidents in the 12 months to September 2025
August 2025reconstructed
Sector median £322,500 · Crime: 79 incidents in the 12 months to August 2025
July 2025reconstructed
Sector median £325,000 · Crime: 75 incidents in the 12 months to July 2025
June 2025reconstructed
Sector median £326,000 · Crime: 76 incidents in the 12 months to June 2025
May 2025reconstructed
Sector median £325,000 · Crime: 77 incidents in the 12 months to May 2025
April 2025reconstructed
Sector median £325,000 · Crime: 80 incidents in the 12 months to April 2025
March 2025reconstructed
Sector median £327,500 · Crime: 89 incidents in the 12 months to March 2025
February 2025reconstructed
Sector median £329,000 · Crime: 90 incidents in the 12 months to February 2025
January 2025reconstructed
Sector median £330,000 · Crime: 93 incidents in the 12 months to January 2025
December 2024reconstructed
Sector median £327,500 · Crime: 88 incidents in the 12 months to December 2024
November 2024reconstructed
Sector median £329,000 · Crime: 88 incidents in the 12 months to November 2024
October 2024reconstructed
Sector median £330,000 · Crime: 81 incidents in the 12 months to October 2024
September 2024reconstructed
Sector median £330,000 · Crime: 93 incidents in the 12 months to September 2024

Saved snapshots are the monthly figures PostcodeLens has recorded since July 2026. Reconstructed views are assembled from official source data (HM Land Registry price paid, Police UK crime) to show earlier months; they carry no flood history.

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