SPEEDWELL ROAD, CO2 8DN House Prices & Local Information

CO2 8DN is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Speedwell Road, 0.5km from Middlewick in Colchester. Administratively it sits within Old Heath and The Hythe ward and the Colchester constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CO2 8DN is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. The daytime character shifts — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. An average age of 34 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 55% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 24% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 37 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £203k. 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 CO2 8DN are sourced from Output Area E00110056 (shared with 9 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.