SPEEDWELL ROAD, CO2 8DP House Prices & Local Information

CO2 8DP is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Speedwell Road, 0.6km 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 8DP is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. Outside of residential hours, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. At 33 years average, this is a working-age, professionally active neighbourhood with good transport links and a dynamic social mix. 58% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 44 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £235k. 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 8DP are sourced from Output Area E00110044 (shared with 4 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.