Schools
113 open schools are in scope, including 60 primary and 19 secondary schools. Laleham Lea School is the nearest published school at 240 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CR2 3NA
Purley & Woodcote · Croydon · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Purley & Woodcote
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon South
- Postcode district
- CR2
- Postcode sector
- CR2 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CR2 3NA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- CR
- Postcode district
- CR2
- Postcode sector
- CR2 3
- Latitude
- 51.342159
- Longitude
- -0.130621
- British National Grid easting
- 530,300
- British National Grid northing
- 162,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Croydon · E09000008
- Electoral ward
- Purley & Woodcote · E05011476
- Parish or community
- E43000198
- Westminster constituency
- Croydon South · E14001187
- Output area
- E00005458
- Lower layer super output area
- Croydon 037B · E01001092
- Middle layer super output area
- Croydon 037 · E02000230
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CR2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 113
- Primary
- 60
- Secondary
- 19
- 240 m
Laleham Lea School
Other independent school
- 433 m
The John Fisher School
Voluntary aided school
- 720 m
Cumnor House School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,272
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 736
- Anti social behaviour 328
- Shoplifting 219
- Vehicle crime 217
- Other theft 158
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
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 not available.
GP practices
30
within 5 km straight-line
WOODCOTE MEDICAL
32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE
ODS code H83024
303 m
KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
PURLEY WAR MEMORIAL HOSP, 856 BRIGHTON ROAD, PURLEY, CR8 2YL
ODS code H83016
1.1 km
SHOTFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY
ODS code H85115
2.2 km
WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE
WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACT, JUBILEE HEALTH CTR WEST, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY
ODS code H85653
2.2 km
BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY
1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR
ODS code H83052
2.2 km
PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE
27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX
ODS code H83015
2.4 km
VIOLET LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE
231 VIOLET LANE, CROYDON, CR0 4HN
ODS code H83007
2.6 km
MANOR PRACTICE
57 MANOR ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0DE
ODS code H85116
2.6 km
PARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
1A PARK ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8AW
ODS code H85022
2.8 km
HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6AD
ODS code H83031
2.8 km
MALDON ROAD SURGERY
35 MALDON ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8BL
ODS code H85113
2.8 km
BEECHES SURGERY
9 HILL ROAD, CARSHALTON, SM5 3RB
ODS code H85662
3.4 km
BIRDHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 BIRDHURST AVENUE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7DX
ODS code H83627
3.7 km
CROYDON SAS
IMPACT HOUSE, 2 EDRIDGE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 1FE
ODS code Y08402
3.9 km
SUTTON MEDICAL CENTRE
181 CARSHALTON ROAD, SUTTON, SM1 4NG
ODS code H85053
4.0 km
OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE
2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF
ODS code H83013
4.1 km
FRIENDS ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
49-51 FRIENDS ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 1ED
ODS code H83019
4.1 km
WRYTHE GREEN SURGERY
WRYTHE LANE, CARSHALTON, SM5 2RE
ODS code H85025
4.3 km
HACKBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
8 SPINNING WHEEL WAY, HACKBRIDGE, WALLINGTON, SM6 7DS
ODS code H85103
4.4 km
THORNTON ROAD & VALLEY PARK SURGERY
HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE, FRANKLIN WAY, CROYDON, CR0 4YD
ODS code H83051
4.4 km
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Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
The Bridle Road
BCT · Purley
- 0.0 miles
The Bridle Road
BCT · Purley
- 0.2 miles
Woodcote Drive
BCT · Woodcote
- 0.3 miles
Plough Lane Purley
BCT · Purley
- 0.3 miles
Woodcote Drive
BCT · Woodcote
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 037B, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,496 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,272 published events cover 12 months, averaging 189.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 736 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.