Property market
The five-year median is £435,000 from 3,787 recorded sales in CR2. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Croydon is £394,736 in June 2026, down 1.9% year on year.
CR2
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,223
- Current units
- 996
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 17
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- London, South East
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 1,227
Postcode sectors in CR2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
28,309 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 39, Purley Road, South Croydon, CR2 6EZ | 27 July 2026 | £290,000 |
| 145, St Peters Street, South Croydon, CR2 7DJ | 24 July 2026 | £340,000 |
| 14, Croham Close, South Croydon, CR2 0DA | 23 July 2026 | £830,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,183
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,096
- Anti social behaviour 471
- Vehicle crime 428
- Burglary 210
- Other theft 209
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CR2 usual residents
- 50,362
- Age-profile population
- 50,643
Age bands in CR2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- 9,094 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- 4,949 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.2%
- 14,269 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.8%
- 13,090 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.2%
- 9,241 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 974 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 929 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 742 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
6
in this district
BIRDHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 BIRDHURST AVENUE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7DX
ODS code H83627
FARLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
53 FARLEY ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7NG
ODS code H83004
HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6AD
ODS code H83031
PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE
27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX
ODS code H83015
QUEENHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
31 QUEENHILL ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8DU
ODS code H83014
SELSDON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
97 ADDINGTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8LG
ODS code H83018
Evidence in context
Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,183 published events cover 12 months, averaging 265 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,096 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.