MUSEUM STREET, CO1 1BE House Prices & Local Information

CO1 1BE is an up-and-coming urban area on Museum Street, 0.2km from Colchester in Colchester. Administratively it sits within Castle ward and the Colchester constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CO1 1BE is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. By day, the area transitions to a eat, drink and be merry character: areas dominated by food and entertainment. An average age of 37 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 44% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are high (269 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. Property: With prices averaging £145k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area.

Census 2021 statistics for CO1 1BE are sourced from Output Area E00109958 (shared with 36 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.