CO3 5 house prices are built from 36 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2001 and the most recent on 29 Apr 2022. The median price paid across the whole record is £114,000.
Median price paid
£114,000
HM Land Registry36 salesLatest sale 29 Apr 2022
Section 01
How CO3 5 prices moved
There are too few years of sales in CO3 5 to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10A Winstree Road | 29 Apr 2022 | Detached | £350,000 | £405,505 |
| 77 Fiddlers Folly | 9 Dec 2016 | Terraced | £210,000 | £293,168 |
| 77 Fiddlers Folly | 16 Sep 2013 | Terraced | £130,000 | £189,555 |
| 59 Straight Road | 9 Oct 2012 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £276,324 |
| 10 CHERRYWOOD COURT Straight Road | 25 Aug 2009 | Flat or maisonette | £108,000 | £177,483 |
| RUTLANDS Chitts Hill | 6 Mar 2009 | Detached | £402,000 | £660,629 |
| 10A Winstree Road | 7 Dec 2007 | Detached | £189,995 | £330,324 |
| 2 90 Fiddlers Folly | 6 Dec 2006 | Flat or maisonette | £90,500 | £161,117 |
| 10 CHERRYWOOD COURT Straight Road | 7 Apr 2006 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £186,932 |
| 4 Rosedale Cottages | 3 Feb 2006 | Semi-detached | £268,000 | £477,121 |
| 78 Fiddlers Folly | 27 May 2005 | Terraced | £159,000 | £289,651 |
| FLAT 1 90 Fiddlers Folly | 21 Jan 2005 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £154,845 |
| 3 Turkey Cock Cottages | 30 Apr 2004 | Semi-detached | £244,000 | £452,684 |
| 98 Fiddlers Folly | 8 Apr 2004 | Flat or maisonette | £74,000 | £137,289 |
| 10 CHERRYWOOD COURT Straight Road | 29 Nov 2002 | Flat or maisonette | £77,000 | £148,523 |
| FLAT 1 90 Fiddlers Folly | 25 Oct 2002 | Flat or maisonette | £66,000 | £127,305 |
| 13 Juniper Road | 27 Sep 2002 | Detached | £172,000 | £331,765 |
| 76 Straight Road | 30 Aug 2002 | Semi-detached | £102,500 | £197,709 |
| 71 Parr Drive | 20 Aug 2002 | Semi-detached | £129,995 | £250,743 |
| 59 Straight Road | 30 Jul 2002 | Semi-detached | £90,500 | £174,562 |
| 3 Jefferson Close | 9 Jul 2002 | Detached | £200,000 | £385,773 |
| THE WILLOWS Wood Lane | 12 Oct 2001 | Detached | £167,500 | £328,477 |
| 13 Juniper Road | 12 Oct 2001 | Detached | £120,000 | £235,327 |
| 98 Fiddlers Folly | 20 Jun 2001 | Flat or maisonette | £42,500 | £83,345 |
| 2 90 Fiddlers Folly | 25 May 2001 | Flat or maisonette | £33,000 | £64,715 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to CO3 5 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10A Winstree Road | £189,995 (2007) | £350,000 (2022) | +4.2% | +1.4% |
| 77 Fiddlers Folly | £130,000 (2013) | £210,000 (2016) | +17.3% | +15.6% |
| 10 CHERRYWOOD COURT Straight Road | £36,000 (1998) | £108,000 (2009) | +10.5% | +8.2% |
| RUTLANDS Chitts Hill | £165,000 (1995) | £402,000 (2009) | +6.6% | +4.3% |
| 2 90 Fiddlers Folly | £33,000 (2001) | £90,500 (2006) | +22.4% | +20.0% |
| 78 Fiddlers Folly | £74,600 (2001) | £159,000 (2005) | +20.8% | +18.6% |
| 3 Turkey Cock Cottages | £90,000 (1998) | £244,000 (2004) | +18.1% | +15.9% |
| 98 Fiddlers Folly | £33,000 (1999) | £74,000 (2004) | +17.5% | +15.3% |
| 13 Juniper Road | £120,000 (2001) | £172,000 (2002) | +43.3% | +41.0% |
| 5 Rosedale Cottages | £69,500 (1995) | £125,500 (2000) | +12.5% | +10.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. CO3 5 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 11 | 30.6% | £74,000 | £33,000 – £108,000 |
| Semi-detached | 11 | 30.6% | £125,500 | £63,000 – £268,000 |
| Detached | 10 | 27.8% | £172,000 | £98,000 – £590,000 |
| Terraced | 4 | 11.1% | £130,000 | £74,600 – £210,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in CO3 5
11 of the sales on record are leasehold and 25 freehold — 30.6% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £74,000 and the median freehold sale £159,000 — a gap of +114.9%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 11 | 30.6% | £74,000 |
| Freehold | 25 | 69.4% | £159,000 |
A further 1 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in CO3 5
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Colchester, 52.4% of 97,371 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 586 | 0.6% |
| B | 15,120 | 15.5% |
| C | 35,281 | 36.2% |
| D | 31,726 | 32.6% |
| E | 11,211 | 11.5% |
| F | 2,797 | 2.9% |
| G | 650 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Colchester at £1,203 a month as of Jun 2026 — £824 for a one-bedroom home and £1,307 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £114,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 12.66% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of CO3, 136 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 60 violent, 4 burglary, 3 vehicle-related and 22 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.2 times quieter.
Against the 192,715 residents the 2021 census counted in Colchester, that is 0.71 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around CO3 5
The 2021 census counted 192,715 residents in Colchester across 79,711 households. 65.1% of those households own their home and 34.8% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
17 state and independent schools have a CO3 postcode: 10 primary, 6 secondary, 1 16 plus. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Morant School and College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,888 |
| The Stanway School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,396 |
| Colchester County High School for Girls | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,198 |
| Colchester Royal Grammar School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,073 |
| St Helena School | Secondary | Academy converter | 986 |
| St Benedict's Catholic College | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 905 |
| Stanway Fiveways Primary School | Primary | Community school | 473 |
| Home Farm Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 422 |
| Hamilton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 420 |
| Stanway Primary School | Primary | Community school | 390 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Colchester Rail Station | Rail | 3.1 km |
| Colchester Town Rail Station | Rail | 3.4 km |
| Hythe (Essex) Rail Station | Rail | 4.9 km |
| Marks Tey Rail Station | Rail | 5.0 km |
Section 09
How CO3 5 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. CO3 5 sits below that national figure — -27.6%.
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £33,000 to £590,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
CO3 5 sits in Colchester, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Colchester at 8.4 times median local earnings of £38,758 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in CO3
- CO3 0£184,000 median
- CO3 3£195,000 median
- CO3 4£210,000 median
- CO3 8£289,995 median
- CO3 9£185,000 median
The wider district is CO3.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in CO3 5?
The median price paid in CO3 5 across every sale on the register is £114,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in CO3 5?
36 sales are on record for CO3 5, the most recent completing on 29 Apr 2022. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were CO3 5 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £102,500, set in 2002. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in CO3 5?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 29 Apr 2022. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “CO3 5 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.