Mile End North, Braiswick & Kingswood Heath

Colchester · East of England · population 9,215 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,492 of 6,856 in England
  • #197 of 746 in East of England
  • #4 of 21 in Colchester
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,665
Median age (est.)34
Density1,669per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above44%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 9%25–44 38%45–64 20%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 53%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 53%Social rent 11%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 10%Other: 10%
One person 23%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 10%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors15%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Skilled trades8%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 81%Asian: 9%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 81%Asian 9%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 41% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 19%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Mile End North, Braiswick & Kingswood Heath is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,492 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 21 in Colchester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (89) but weak on Crime (29). Typical homes here sold for about £382,250 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 148 sales), 16% above the wider Colchester median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £56,075 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 90 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 69 · #2,123
Employment 82 · #1,246
Education 89 · #773
Health 69 · #2,130
Crime 29 · #4,893
Housing & access 49 · #3,467
Living environment 87 · #910

House prices ?

£382,250median (12m) · +3.5% yr · n=148
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£382,250148+3.5%+9.2%
Detached£475,00065-3.1%+13.1%
Semi-detached£372,50036+12.9%+12.2%
Terraced£307,50028-10.9%-6.8%
Flat£200,00019-2.0%-1.0%
This area£382,250
Colchester£330,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£56,075±£8,143 · #385 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,380
Price-to-income ?6.8×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 833 offences
Colchester86
East of England70
England83

Rank #4,569 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences415
Theft107
Burglary27
Vehicle crime47
Criminal damage & arson106
Public order & weapons81
Drugs20
Robbery9
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 134 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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