Schools
103 open schools are in scope, including 57 primary and 16 secondary schools. Cumnor House School is the nearest published school at 540 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CR2 3NJ
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 3NJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- CR
- Postcode district
- CR2
- Postcode sector
- CR2 3
- Latitude
- 51.337017
- Longitude
- -0.146623
- British National Grid easting
- 529,200
- British National Grid northing
- 161,400
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
- E00005094
- Lower layer super output area
- Croydon 038A · E01001028
- Middle layer super output area
- Croydon 038 · E02000231
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
- 103
- Primary
- 57
- Secondary
- 16
- 540 m
Cumnor House School
Other independent school
- 823 m
Woodcote High School
Academy converter
- 987 m
Woodcote Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 612
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 208
- Anti social behaviour 95
- Vehicle crime 89
- Burglary 65
- Public order 35
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
25
within 5 km straight-line
WOODCOTE MEDICAL
32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE
ODS code H83024
1.5 km
BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY
1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR
ODS code H83052
1.6 km
SHOTFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY
ODS code H85115
2.3 km
WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE
WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACT, JUBILEE HEALTH CTR WEST, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY
ODS code H85653
2.3 km
KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
PURLEY WAR MEMORIAL HOSP, 856 BRIGHTON ROAD, PURLEY, CR8 2YL
ODS code H83016
2.3 km
MANOR PRACTICE
57 MANOR ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0DE
ODS code H85116
2.8 km
BEECHES SURGERY
9 HILL ROAD, CARSHALTON, SM5 3RB
ODS code H85662
2.9 km
PARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
1A PARK ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8AW
ODS code H85022
3.0 km
MALDON ROAD SURGERY
35 MALDON ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8BL
ODS code H85113
3.1 km
LONGCROFT CLINIC
5 WOODMANSTERNE LANE, BANSTEAD, SM7 3HH
ODS code H81080
3.4 km
SUTTON MEDICAL CENTRE
181 CARSHALTON ROAD, SUTTON, SM1 4NG
ODS code H85053
3.6 km
PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE
27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX
ODS code H83015
3.7 km
VIOLET LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE
231 VIOLET LANE, CROYDON, CR0 4HN
ODS code H83007
3.7 km
OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE
2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF
ODS code H83013
3.9 km
HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6AD
ODS code H83031
4.1 km
MULGRAVE ROAD SURGERY
48 MULGRAVE ROAD, BELMONT, SUTTON, SM2 6LX
ODS code H85018
4.2 km
WRYTHE GREEN SURGERY
WRYTHE LANE, CARSHALTON, SM5 2RE
ODS code H85025
4.2 km
OLD COURT HOUSE SURGERY
THE OLD COURT HOUSE, THROWLEY WAY, SUTTON, SM1 4AF
ODS code H85030
4.4 km
BENHILL & BELMONT GP CENTRE
54 BENHILL AVENUE, SUTTON, SM1 4EB
ODS code H85031
4.5 km
GROVE ROAD PRACTICE
83 GROVE ROAD, SUTTON, SM1 2DB
ODS code H85686
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Woodcote Park
BCT · Woodcote
- 0.2 miles
Woodcote Park
BCT · Woodcote
- 0.3 miles
Smithambottom Lane
BCT · Woodcote
- 0.3 miles
Smithambottom Lane
BCT · Woodcote
- 0.3 miles
Farm Lane
BCT · Woodcote Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 038A, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
31,514 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
612 published events cover 12 months, averaging 51 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 208 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.