Schools
90 open schools are in scope, including 48 primary and 16 secondary schools. Red Gates School is the nearest published school at 223 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CR2 8WA
Selsdon & Addington Village · Croydon · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon East
- Postcode district
- CR2
- Postcode sector
- CR2 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CR2 8WA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 2002
- Terminated
- 1 September 2003
- Postcode area
- CR
- Postcode district
- CR2
- Postcode sector
- CR2 8
- Latitude
- 51.351059
- Longitude
- -0.042885
- British National Grid easting
- 536,384
- British National Grid northing
- 163,149
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Croydon · E09000008
- Electoral ward
- Selsdon & Addington Village · E05011480
- Parish or community
- E43000198
- Westminster constituency
- Croydon East · E14001186
- Output area
- E00005301
- Lower layer super output area
- Croydon 026C · E01001064
- Middle layer super output area
- Croydon 026 · E02000219
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
- 90
- Primary
- 48
- Secondary
- 16
- 223 m
Red Gates School
Community special school
- 269 m
Quest Primary School
Academy converter
- 308 m
Forestdale Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,208
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 462
- Anti social behaviour 172
- Vehicle crime 116
- Public order 79
- Criminal damage and arson 75
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CR2 8 residents
- 11,463
Age bands in CR2 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.2%
1,971 residents
1,247 residents
2,689 residents
3,123 residents
2,572 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.
GP practices
30
within 5 km straight-line
FARLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
53 FARLEY ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7NG
ODS code H83004
1.7 km
SELSDON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
97 ADDINGTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8LG
ODS code H83018
1.8 km
QUEENHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
31 QUEENHILL ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8DU
ODS code H83014
1.8 km
ADDINGTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
PARKWAY, NEW ADDINGTON, CROYDON, CR0 0JA
ODS code H83028
1.9 km
NEW ADDINGTON GROUP PRACTICE
PARKWAY HEALTH CENTRE, PARKWAY, NEW ADDINGTON, CROYDON, CR0 0JA
ODS code H83006
1.9 km
HEADLEY DRIVE SURGERY
117A HEADLEY DRIVE, NEW ADDINGTON, CROYDON, CR0 0QL
ODS code H83049
1.9 km
BROOM ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
23 BROOM ROAD, SHIRLEY, CROYDON, CR0 8NG
ODS code H83030
2.3 km
HARTLAND WAY SURGERY
1 HARTLAND WAY, CROYDON, CR0 8RG
ODS code H83029
2.6 km
SHIRLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
370 WICKHAM ROAD, SHIRLEY, CROYDON, CR0 8BH
ODS code H83043
2.7 km
WICKHAM PARK SURGERY
2 MANOR ROAD, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9PS
ODS code G84607
3.1 km
ADDINGTON ROAD SURGERY
77 ADDINGTON ROAD, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9BG
ODS code G84017
3.4 km
STATION ROAD SURGERY
74 STATION ROAD, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 0PU
ODS code G84015
3.5 km
BIRDHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 BIRDHURST AVENUE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7DX
ODS code H83627
3.8 km
STOVELL HOUSE SURGERY
188 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD, ADDISCOMBE, CROYDON, CR0 6AH
ODS code H83039
3.8 km
PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE
27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX
ODS code H83015
3.9 km
HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6AD
ODS code H83031
3.9 km
ASHBURTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
ASHBURTON PARK M.PRACTICE, 416 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD, ADDISCOMBE, CROYDON, CR0 7AG
ODS code H83033
4.0 km
EAST CROYDON MEDICAL CENTRE
59 ADDISCOMBE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 6SD
ODS code H83044
4.1 km
FRIENDS ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
49-51 FRIENDS ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 1ED
ODS code H83019
4.3 km
CROYDON SAS
IMPACT HOUSE, 2 EDRIDGE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 1FE
ODS code Y08402
4.4 km
Showing 20 of 30 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
John Ruskin College
BCT · Forestdale
- 0.1 miles
Farnborough Crescent
BCT · Forestdale
- 0.1 miles
John Ruskin College
BCT · Forestdale
- 0.1 miles
Lomond Gardens
BCT · Forestdale
- 0.2 miles
Featherbed Lane
BCT · Forestdale
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 026C, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
26,931 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
1,208 published events cover 12 months, averaging 100.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 462 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.