Renting in Colchester
Median asking rent · all sizes · 799 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Colchester is £1,250 a month, from 799 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £950/moasking · 252 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,250/moasking · 257 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,550/moasking · 135 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,225/moasking · 119 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £650/moasking · 59 listings · Oct 2026 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly. Each figure counts the live listings behind it; rooms are per room.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent in Colchester by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/colchester, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Colchester
Colchester currently has 858 rental listings on the property sites we track, 799 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Colchester is £1,250 a month, from 799 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 135 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 46% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
Rents vary sharply by postcode. Median asking rents for homes of all sizes run from £1,100 a month in CO1 (201 live listings) to £1,400 in CO4 (158 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Colchester (Dwellio, October 2026). For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Colchester, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Colchester is £950 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 252 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Colchester is £1,250 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 257 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Colchester is £1,550 a month, 24% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 135 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Colchester is £2,225 a month, 78% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 119 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Colchester is £650 a month, from 59 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property. Each size needs at least 10 live listings. Studio figures are hidden for now: listings whose bedroom count we couldn’t read were being counted as studios. How we measure this
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Rent trend · ONS PIPR
The ONS average rent paid in Colchester is £1,200 a month, up 1.7% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). The Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents is the official series for rents being paid, including long-running tenancies; Dwellio’s figures above are asking rents.
Annual
+1.7%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+31%
since 2021
Source: Office for National Statistics · Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Updated monthly with a ~2-month lag. ONS uses Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland — figures may aggregate beyond the city itself. How we measure this
Affordability · ONS ASHE
Renters in Colchester spend an estimated 46% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£31,589/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
46%
Stretched — above the 30% rent-burden threshold.
Sources: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents (latest month) and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 8.7a (median annual gross pay, place of residence). The 30% line is the conventional rent-burden threshold above which housing costs are considered to crowd out other essentials. How we measure this
Property types
48% of listings
42% of listings
9% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 42% of the 286 houses currently advertised in Colchester.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 623 live listings in 4 districts (October 2026). Districts with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental; rooms in shared houses are left out.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent by postcode district in Colchester, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/colchester, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Colchester
Live signal across 858 Colchester rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
79%
of 204 Colchester listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
90%
of 225 Colchester listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
135 homes came onto the Colchester rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
Claremont Heights, Colchester, CO1
5 bed bungalow
Harwich Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4
2 bed cottage
Lower Holt Street, Earls Colne, Colchester, Essex, CO6
1 bed property
Bignell Croft, Highwoods, Colchester CO4
4 bed property
Echelon Walk, Colchester, Essex CO4
1 bed property
Phoenix Court, Hawkins Road, Colchester CO2
4 bed property
Triumph Close, Colchester CO4
3 bed property
Ilex Close, Colchester CO2
1 bed property
Rotary Way, North Station CO3
1 bed property
Quayside Drive, Hythe CO2
1 bed property
Headgate, Colchester CO3
1 bed property
Blenheim Drive, Colchester CO2
2 bed property
Harwich Road, Colchester, Essex CO4
2 bed house
Harwich Road, Colchester, CO4
2 bed flat/apartment
De Grey Road, Colchester, CO4
2 bed flat/apartment
Circular Road South, Benedict House Circular Road South, CO2
3 bed terraced house
St James Rise, East Hill, Colchester, Essex, CO1
1 bed property
Chinook, Highwoods, CO4
1 bed room
Room 3, 25 Garland Road, Colchester CO2
3 bed house
Constantine Road, COLCHESTER
3 bed house
Granville Road, Colchester, CO1
3 bed semi-detached house
Parnell Close, Colchester, CO2
1 bed semi-detached house
Chinook, Colchester, CO4
1 bed room
Albany Gardens, Colchester, CO2
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Colchester. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Colchester homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 85,980 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
B
most common band
Mean band
3.19
≈ Band C–D
Stock
86k
85,980 properties
Source: HM Valuation Office Agency — Council Tax Stock of Properties (CTSOP1.0), extract dated 31 March 2024. Covers England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland use separate band schemes and aren't included.
Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations
63% of Colchester premises can already get full-fibre and 83% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
63%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
83%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
98%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
440 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Colchester), July 2025, covering 85,948 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
55% of Colchester homes hold a current EPC in bands A–C — the bands that meet the proposed 2030 minimum energy-efficiency standard for rented stock.
Bands A–C
55%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
45%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
73k
73,154 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Colchester. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
10 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Colchester centroid. The five closest:
The Sixth Form College Colchester
16 plus · Academy 16-19 converter · CO1 1SN
St John's Green Primary School
Primary · Community school · CO2 7HE
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester
Primary · Academy converter · CO1 2QB
North Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · CO1 1RP
St Helena School
Secondary · Academy converter · CO3 3LE
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Colchester centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
Area safety
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Colchester has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 23 of 23 postcode districts analysed, the median was 50 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Colchester is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Colchester ranks well for renters concerned about neighbourhood safety. Every Dwellio alert includes the area’s crime data so you can compare at a glance.
Data from data.police.uk, updated monthly. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.
Area breakdown
Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for August 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.
Most common: Violent crime (53) · pop. ~11,000
Most common: Violent crime (82) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (65) · pop. ~10,000
Most common: Violent crime (107) · pop. ~9,000
Most common: Violent crime (56) · pop. ~6,000
Suburbs shown are representative populated areas; figures reflect street-level incidents within ~1 mile of each centre. Data from data.police.uk. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Colchester is £1,250 a month, from 799 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Colchester is £950 a month, 24% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 252 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Colchester is £1,250 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 257 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Colchester is £1,550 a month, 24% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 135 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Colchester is £2,225 a month, 78% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 119 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Colchester is £650 a month, from 59 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 858 rental properties available in Colchester, with 135 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Colchester has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 50 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Colchester is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across East of England
How Colchester compares with the other 20 places we track in East of England — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across East of England, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/colchester, updated 28 October 2026.
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