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CR2 0NQ

Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown · Croydon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
South Croydon
Ward
Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown
Local authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon South
Postcode district
CR2
Postcode sector
CR2 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CR2 0NW 40 m
CR2 0NX 82 m
CR2 0NP 84 m
CR2 0NU 99 m
CR2 0NG 113 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR2 0NQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR2
Postcode sector
CR2 0
Latitude
51.346016
Longitude
-0.096518
British National Grid easting
532,664
British National Grid northing
162,490

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Croydon · E09000008
Electoral ward
Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown · E05011477
Parish or community
E43000198
Westminster constituency
Croydon South · E14001187
Output area
E00005447
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 031E · E01001100
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 031 · E02000224

Postcode source versions

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Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
40, Purley Oaks Road, South Croydon, CR2 0NQ 29 June 2021 £790,000
32, Purley Oaks Road, South Croydon, CR2 0NQ 24 May 2019 £530,000
24, Purley Oaks Road, South Croydon, CR2 0NQ 25 September 2014 £495,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
118
Primary
64
Secondary
19

  1. Purley Oaks Primary School

    Community school

    791 m

  2. Ridgeway Primary School

    Community school

    801 m

  3. Cumnor House School

    Other independent school

    854 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,110
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 678
  • Anti social behaviour 273
  • Vehicle crime 271
  • Other theft 152
  • Shoplifting 152

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

12 female, 10 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.0
CR2 0 residents
11,057

Age bands in CR2 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.5%

2,096 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

1,032 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.1%

2,960 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

2,918 residents

Age 65 and over
20.5%

2,319 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CR2 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

35

within 5 km straight-line

  • PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX

    ODS code H83015

    533 m

  • HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6AD

    ODS code H83031

    1.2 km

  • KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PURLEY WAR MEMORIAL HOSP, 856 BRIGHTON ROAD, PURLEY, CR8 2YL

    ODS code H83016

    1.4 km

  • VIOLET LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    231 VIOLET LANE, CROYDON, CR0 4HN

    ODS code H83007

    1.8 km

  • QUEENHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    31 QUEENHILL ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8DU

    ODS code H83014

    2.1 km

  • FARLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    53 FARLEY ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7NG

    ODS code H83004

    2.1 km

  • WOODCOTE MEDICAL

    32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE

    ODS code H83024

    2.1 km

  • BIRDHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BIRDHURST AVENUE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7DX

    ODS code H83627

    2.2 km

  • SELSDON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    97 ADDINGTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8LG

    ODS code H83018

    2.3 km

  • CROYDON SAS

    IMPACT HOUSE, 2 EDRIDGE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 1FE

    ODS code Y08402

    2.7 km

  • FRIENDS ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    49-51 FRIENDS ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 1ED

    ODS code H83019

    2.8 km

  • EAST CROYDON MEDICAL CENTRE

    59 ADDISCOMBE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 6SD

    ODS code H83044

    3.3 km

  • GREENSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    26 LENNARD ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 2UL

    ODS code H83631

    3.9 km

  • STOVELL HOUSE SURGERY

    188 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD, ADDISCOMBE, CROYDON, CR0 6AH

    ODS code H83039

    3.9 km

  • SHOTFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY

    ODS code H85115

    4.0 km

  • WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE

    WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACT, JUBILEE HEALTH CTR WEST, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY

    ODS code H85653

    4.0 km

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL CENTRE

    189A ST. JAMES'S ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 2BZ

    ODS code H83012

    4.0 km

  • BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY

    1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR

    ODS code H83052

    4.0 km

  • MORLAND ROAD SURGERY

    1 MORLAND ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 6HA

    ODS code H83023

    4.1 km

  • MANOR PRACTICE

    57 MANOR ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0DE

    ODS code H85116

    4.1 km

Showing 20 of 35 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Purley Oaks

    RSE · Purley

    0.1 miles

  • Purley Oaks Rail Station

    RLY · Purley

    0.1 miles

  • Purley Oaks

    RSE · Purley

    0.1 miles

  • Beechwood Road

    BCT · Sanderstead

    0.2 miles

  • Beechwood Road

    BCT · Sanderstead

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 031E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,826 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
3 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
Groundwater flood alert area
Possible

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

118 open schools are in scope, including 64 primary and 19 secondary schools. Purley Oaks Primary School is the nearest published school at 791 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,110 published events cover 12 months, averaging 175.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 678 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.