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Colchester property data: prices, flood risk & energy ratings

Colchester has 57,100 recorded homes. 1.84% of recorded homes with a reading have medium or high mapped surface-water likelihood on the surrounding land.

Average house price

£294,210

Rank 156 of 317 (highest first)

2,666 sales in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

UK HPI · Aug 2026

Annual house price change

-1.40%

Rank 252 of 317 (highest first)

Change from the same month a year earlier.

UK HPI · Aug 2026

Medium / high surface-water map bands around homes

1.84%

Rank 294 of 296 (highest first) · in England

807 / 43,899 homes with a reading

Environment Agency · Jun 2026

EPC E–G ratings

12.94%

Rank 214 of 318 (highest first)

5,674 / 43,866 homes with a rating

EPC · Nov 2026

These figures cover recorded homes with known facts, not every dwelling; mapped land risk is not a history of indoor flooding, old EPCs may have expired, and an area price is not a home valuation.

Postcode districts with the highest surface-water shares

Homes within Colchester
DistrictMedium / highKnown homes
CO14.59%231 / 5,033
CO53.05%168 / 5,513
CO62.40%67 / 2,797
CO41.42%167 / 11,776
CO31.01%81 / 8,044
CO20.84%70 / 8,347
CO70.69%16 / 2,328

Environment Agency · Jun 2026

Postcode districts with the highest EPC E–G shares

Homes within Colchester
DistrictEPC E–GKnown ratings
CO625.37%708 / 2,791
CO519.31%1,063 / 5,506
CO718.18%423 / 2,327
CO113.69%689 / 5,032
CO313.65%1,098 / 8,043
CO29.13%761 / 8,336
CO47.63%898 / 11,770

EPC · Nov 2026

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