Colchester City Council
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Rents out about 5,996 homes in England. This is the number of tenants in rented homes it counted for its 2025/26 tenant survey.
Source: [5]
The regulator's grade
The Regulator of Social Housing has not yet given Colchester City Council a grade for how it treats tenants.
Source: [1]
How it compares
We compared Colchester City Council with 108 similar landlords: councils, 1,000 to 9,999 homes. These are tenants' answers to the 2025/26 survey and the landlord's own records.
Overall satisfaction: 78.1% of tenants were happy with the service. That puts it in the top quarter of similar landlords. ↑ Up from upper middle in 2024/25.
Repairs and homes: in the upper middle.
Being heard: in the upper middle. ↑ Up from lower middle in 2024/25.
Neighbourhood: in the lower middle.
Top quarter means it did better than at least three in four similar landlords. Bottom quarter means it did worse than at least three in four.
Colchester City Council asked tenants mostly by a mix of methods. Most similar landlords asked by telephone. How tenants are asked can change the results.
Source: [5]
Complaints to the Housing Ombudsman
In 2025-26, the Housing Ombudsman looked at complaints about Colchester City Council. It made 15 findings. It found the landlord at fault in 33% of them. It ordered or recommended £6,406 in compensation.
From October 2025 the Ombudsman looks at how complaints were handled in every case. So these figures are not comparable with earlier years.
Source: [3]
Safety checks
All done. Every home that needed a gas, fire, asbestos, water or lift safety check had one (as at 31 March 2026).
Source: [5]
The figures, 2025/26
| Measure | Figure | Among similar landlords |
|---|---|---|
| Repairs and homes | ||
| Satisfied with repairs | 75.3% | lower middle |
| Satisfied with how long the last repair took | 72.2% | lower middle |
| Satisfied the home is well maintained | 75.9% | upper middle |
| Homes that don't meet the Decent Homes Standard | 0.2% | top quarter |
| Non-emergency repairs done within the landlord's target time | 92.8% | top quarter |
| Emergency repairs done within the landlord's target time | 96.8% | upper middle |
| Being heard | ||
| Satisfied the landlord listens and acts | 60.2% | lower middle |
| Satisfied the landlord keeps them informed | 67.5% | lower middle |
| Agree the landlord treats them fairly and with respect | 77.0% | lower middle |
| Satisfied with how complaints are handled | 42.1% | top quarter |
| First-stage complaints answered in time | 98.6% | top quarter |
| Second-stage complaints answered in time | 98.8% | upper middle |
| Neighbourhood | ||
| Satisfied communal areas are clean and well kept | 66.7% | lower middle |
| Satisfied the landlord helps the neighbourhood | 62.0% | lower middle |
| Satisfied with how anti-social behaviour is handled | 59.0% | upper middle |
| Shown but not compared | ||
| Satisfied the home is safe | 76.5% | |
| First-stage complaints per 1,000 homes | 47.5 | |
| Second-stage complaints per 1,000 homes | 14.1 | |
| Anti-social behaviour cases per 1,000 homes | 59.5 | |
| Anti-social behaviour cases involving hate incidents per 1,000 homes | 0.8 | |
Source: [5]
Earlier Ombudsman figures
From October 2025 the Ombudsman looks at how complaints were handled in every case. So these figures are not comparable with earlier years.
| Year | Name in the report | Findings | At fault |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Colchester City Council | 23 | 74% |
Source: [2]
Where it has homes
Colchester City Council is a council. Its homes are in its own area.
Where these figures come from
Every figure on this page comes from one of these published files. We do not change them.
- Regulator of Social Housing, Regulatory Judgements and Enforcement Notices Table (current). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Housing Ombudsman Service, Landlords with individual performance reports ( xlsx ) ( xlsx, 0.39 MB) (2024-25). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. © Housing Ombudsman Service; reuse terms being confirmed.
- Housing Ombudsman Service, Landlords performance data tables ( xlsx ) ( xlsx, 0.4 MB) (2025-26). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. © Housing Ombudsman Service; reuse terms being confirmed.
- Regulator of Social Housing, Local authority registered provider data release (2025/26). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Regulator of Social Housing, Tenant Satisfaction Measures Full Dataset (2025/26). The file, fetched 2026-11-06. Open Government Licence v3.0.