Highwoods Area Guide | £279k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
11,239
Households
4,775
Crimes · Jun '26
69
4,775
Households
White Brit. · 77%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
69
Crimes · Jun '26
£278,700
Median property price
214
Postcodes
4,775
Households
White Brit. · 77%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
69
Crimes · Jun '26
£278,700
Median property price
214
Postcodes

Sold prices in Highwoods

England & Wales
Property sales · Highwoods
HM Land Registry · Highwoods
Average price
£301,812
YoY: -3.1%
Median price: £285,500
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 4 sales · avg £263,750
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£421k£333k£246k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Highwoods

England & Wales
Crime trends · Highwoods

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
19
YoY -60%
483216
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
6
YoY —
1161
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
7
YoY —
1050
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
2
YoY —
1592
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving

69
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Highwoods

High flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Tidal Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Essex.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Colchester is the district council. School applications go through Essex.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare an address with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps.

Apply for a primary place via Essex

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Highwoods

GPs make up most of the mapped places

30 GPs · 12 Museums · 8 Libraries · 60 in all

  • GPs30
  • Museums12
  • Libraries8
  • Hospitals6
  • Universities4

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Highwoods

Coordinates51.9158, 0.9197
Postcodes
214
Population (Census)
11,239
Households (Census)
4,775
Recorded crime · Jun '26
69

Demographics in Highwoods

Ethnicity

Total residents: 11,246
White Brit.76.5%
Other White6.4%
African3.1%
Indian2.5%
Other Asian2.1%
+ 2 other groups · 9.4%

Religion

Total residents: 11,237
No religion47.1%
Christian41.1%
Not answered5.3%
Muslim3.2%
Hindu1.6%
+ other · 1.7%

Age groups

Total residents: 11,239
35–4923.2%
50–6418.0%
25–3415.7%
10–159.3%
5–96.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 27.1%

Households

Total households: 4,775
Other23.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.2%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.1%
Any member 66+8.2%
+ 7 other households · 31.7%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Highwoods

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 6.64 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.64 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Highwoods