FAIRHEAD ROAD NORTH, CO4 0BW House Prices & Local Information

CO4 0BW is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Fairhead Road North, 1.2km from Parson's Heath in Colchester. Administratively it sits within St Anne's and St John's ward and the Colchester constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CO4 0BW is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a non-metropolitan suburban areas zone — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. The 31 average age reflects a thriving young professional community — a good mix of renters and first-time buyers, with strong employment rates. 54% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 62 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: Average house prices are around £255k, up 6.1% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for CO4 0BW are sourced from Output Area E00110249 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.