Wickham Road, Colchester house prices are built from 176 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 13 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £140,000. Across the 10 years from 2012 to 2022 the median moved +71.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +33.3%.
Median price paid
£140,000
Change in cash, 2012–2022
+71.9%
Change in real terms
+33.3%
Median per m²
£2,003
HM Land Registry176 sales64 with floor areaLatest sale 13 Jan 2026
Section 01
How Wickham Road, Colchester prices moved
The chart tracks the median Wickham Road, Colchester house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2022. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | £51,225 | £113,744 |
| 2000s | 7 | £139,995 | £255,030 |
| 2010s | 5 | £170,000 | £239,700 |
| 2020s | 1 | £275,000 | £280,978 |
The highest yearly median on record for Wickham Road, Colchester is £275,000 in 2022; the lowest is £48,000 in 1995. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £48,000 to £275,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £106,583, so the real change over the whole record is +198.9% — about +4.14% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +71.9% in cash against +33.3% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 13 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 74 | 12 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 5 | 5 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £275,000 | £280,978 |
| 63 | 12 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £270,000 | £275,870 |
| 67 | 26 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £275,000 | £280,978 |
| 64 | 31 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £260,000 | £265,652 |
| 11 | 30 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £260,000 | £273,582 |
| 21 | 16 Apr 2024 | Terraced | £254,000 | £267,269 |
| 68 | 14 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £250,000 | £263,060 |
| 44 | 20 Oct 2023 | Terraced | £274,000 | £296,046 |
| 49 | 30 Aug 2023 | Terraced | £330,000 | £356,552 |
| 52 | 25 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £280,000 | £302,529 |
| 69 | 3 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £375,000 | £405,172 |
| 25 | 15 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £275,000 | £318,611 |
| 74 | 30 May 2022 | Terraced | £282,000 | £326,721 |
| 10 | 13 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £245,000 | £283,854 |
| 8 | 1 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £235,000 | £272,268 |
| 65 | 18 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £340,000 | £393,919 |
| 28 | 8 Feb 2022 | Terraced | £212,500 | £246,200 |
| 39 | 28 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £330,000 | £382,334 |
| 5 | 24 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £260,000 | £328,495 |
| 54 | 30 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| 46 | 27 Nov 2020 | Terraced | £225,000 | £291,322 |
| 44 | 28 Aug 2020 | Terraced | £241,250 | £312,362 |
| 80 | 10 Jan 2020 | Terraced | £240,000 | £310,744 |
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 Wickham Road, Colchester values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 Wickham Road | £200,000 (2017) | £270,000 (2026) | +3.4% | -0.1% |
| 74 Wickham Road | £48,000 (1995) | £265,000 (2026) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 5 Wickham Road | £45,000 (1997) | £275,000 (2025) | +6.7% | +3.9% |
| 63 Wickham Road | £50,000 (1996) | £270,000 (2025) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 67 Wickham Road | £134,995 (2004) | £275,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.5% |
| 64 Wickham Road | £58,000 (1998) | £260,000 (2025) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 21 Wickham Road | £55,000 (1997) | £254,000 (2024) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 44 Wickham Road | £31,000 (1995) | £274,000 (2023) | +8.1% | +5.3% |
| 49 Wickham Road | £152,000 (2004) | £330,000 (2023) | +4.2% | +1.2% |
| 52 Wickham Road | £139,995 (2004) | £280,000 (2023) | +3.7% | +0.8% |
| 69 Wickham Road | £155,000 (2009) | £375,000 (2023) | +6.5% | +3.4% |
| 8 Wickham Road | £65,000 (1999) | £235,000 (2022) | +5.7% | +3.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Wickham Road, Colchester 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 175 | 99.4% | £140,000 | £31,000 – £375,000 |
| Semi-detached | 1 | 0.6% | £51,950 | £51,950 – £51,950 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Wickham Road, Colchester
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 176 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 176 | 100.0% | £140,000 |
A further 2 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 Wickham Road, Colchester
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 £140,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 10.31% 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 Wickham Road, Colchester
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 Wickham Road, Colchester compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Wickham Road, Colchester sits below that national figure — -11.1%.
Within Colchester the street ranks 2311 of 2866 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £178,000 (-21.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,003 per square metre, across 64 of the 176 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £31,000 to £375,000. 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.
Wickham Road, Colchester 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
Streets nearby
- London Road£179,500 median
- Dale Close£91,000 median
- St Marys Fields£175,475 median
- Shrub End Road£200,000 median
- Rotary Way£172,750 median
- Butt Road£176,500 median
- Collingwood Road£138,000 median
- Henry Laver Court£210,000 median
- Manor Road£162,750 median
- Robin Crescent£186,000 median
- Magazine Farm Way£222,500 median
- Victoria Road£162,000 median
- Constantine Road£210,000 median
- The Commons£195,000 median
- Sandmartin Crescent£165,950 median
- Woden Avenue£275,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 44 Wickham Road7 sales
- 39 Wickham Road5 sales
- 74 Wickham Road4 sales
- 5 Wickham Road4 sales
- 63 Wickham Road4 sales
- 64 Wickham Road4 sales
- 49 Wickham Road4 sales
- 52 Wickham Road4 sales
- 8 Wickham Road4 sales
- 54 Wickham Road4 sales
- 35 Wickham Road4 sales
- 24 Wickham Road4 sales
- 31 Wickham Road4 sales
- 73 Wickham Road4 sales
- 60 Wickham Road4 sales
- 84 Wickham Road4 sales
- 67 Wickham Road3 sales
- 21 Wickham Road3 sales
- 69 Wickham Road3 sales
- 36 Wickham Road3 sales
- 3 Wickham Road3 sales
- 27 Wickham Road3 sales
- 61 Wickham Road3 sales
- 53 Wickham Road3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Wickham Road, Colchester?
The median price paid in Wickham Road, Colchester across every sale on the register is £140,000. 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 Wickham Road, Colchester?
176 sales are on record for Wickham Road, Colchester, the most recent completing on 13 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Wickham Road, Colchester house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +71.9% between 2012 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +33.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Wickham Road, Colchester house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £275,000, set in 2022. 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 Wickham Road, Colchester?
£2,003 per square metre, from the 64 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 13 Jan 2026. 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, “Wickham Road, Colchester 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.