London commuter townsBraintree vs Colchester
Braintree vs Colchester: which commuter town suits you?
Colchester is 8 minutes closer to London and £9k cheaper on the average sold price.
Braintree
#73 of 118
Colchester
#84 of 118
Train to London
60 min
52 min
Annual season ticket
£5,016
£7,673
Average house price
£334k
£325k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
8.8x
8.4x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
52
71
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
898 Mb
897 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.3
7.8
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
42
80
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
128 ha
439 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
113
312
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
