ALEFOUNDER CLOSE, CO4 3UR House Prices & Local Information

CO4 3UR is an up-and-coming urban area on Alefounder Close, 0.6km from Greenstead in Colchester. Administratively it sits within Greenstead ward and the Colchester constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CO4 3UR is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. The daytime character shifts — ethnically mixed self-employed professional services, home workers in outer suburbs. An average age of 33 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 64% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 19% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 120 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: Average house prices are around £267k. 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 3UR are sourced from Output Area E00110206 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.