Schools
98 open schools are in scope, including 51 primary and 16 secondary schools. Croydon High School is the nearest published school at 234 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CR2 8YQ
Selsdon Vale & Forestdale · Croydon · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- South Croydon
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon East
- Postcode district
- CR2
- Postcode sector
- CR2 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CR2 8YQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1981
- Terminated
- 1 May 2021
- Postcode area
- CR
- Postcode district
- CR2
- Postcode sector
- CR2 8
- Latitude
- 51.343291
- Longitude
- -0.062471
- British National Grid easting
- 535,043
- British National Grid northing
- 162,249
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Croydon · E09000008
- Electoral ward
- Selsdon Vale & Forestdale · E05011481
- Parish or community
- E43000198
- Westminster constituency
- Croydon East · E14001186
- Output area
- E00005606
- Lower layer super output area
- Croydon 033E · E01001125
- Middle layer super output area
- Croydon 033 · E02000226
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
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 150a, Addington Road, South Croydon, CR2 8YQ | 14 July 2021 | £465,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 98
- Primary
- 51
- Secondary
- 16
- 234 m
Croydon High School
Other independent school
- 614 m
Selsdon Primary and Nursery School
Foundation school
- 865 m
Greenvale Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 885
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 317
- Anti social behaviour 130
- Vehicle crime 116
- Burglary 64
- Other theft 62
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.
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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
27
within 5 km straight-line
SELSDON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
97 ADDINGTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8LG
ODS code H83018
175 m
QUEENHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
31 QUEENHILL ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8DU
ODS code H83014
354 m
FARLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
53 FARLEY ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7NG
ODS code H83004
395 m
PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE
27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX
ODS code H83015
2.6 km
HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6AD
ODS code H83031
2.9 km
ADDINGTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
PARKWAY, NEW ADDINGTON, CROYDON, CR0 0JA
ODS code H83028
3.1 km
NEW ADDINGTON GROUP PRACTICE
PARKWAY HEALTH CENTRE, PARKWAY, NEW ADDINGTON, CROYDON, CR0 0JA
ODS code H83006
3.1 km
BIRDHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 BIRDHURST AVENUE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7DX
ODS code H83627
3.2 km
HEADLEY DRIVE SURGERY
117A HEADLEY DRIVE, NEW ADDINGTON, CROYDON, CR0 0QL
ODS code H83049
3.4 km
WARLINGHAM GREEN MED PRAC
1 CHURCH ROAD, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9NW
ODS code H81119
3.5 km
KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
PURLEY WAR MEMORIAL HOSP, 856 BRIGHTON ROAD, PURLEY, CR8 2YL
ODS code H83016
3.6 km
HARTLAND WAY SURGERY
1 HARTLAND WAY, CROYDON, CR0 8RG
ODS code H83029
3.6 km
VIOLET LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE
231 VIOLET LANE, CROYDON, CR0 4HN
ODS code H83007
3.7 km
BROOM ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
23 BROOM ROAD, SHIRLEY, CROYDON, CR0 8NG
ODS code H83030
3.7 km
SHIRLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
370 WICKHAM ROAD, SHIRLEY, CROYDON, CR0 8BH
ODS code H83043
3.8 km
FRIENDS ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
49-51 FRIENDS ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 1ED
ODS code H83019
3.8 km
CROYDON SAS
IMPACT HOUSE, 2 EDRIDGE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 1FE
ODS code Y08402
3.9 km
EAST CROYDON MEDICAL CENTRE
59 ADDISCOMBE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 6SD
ODS code H83044
4.0 km
ELIZABETH HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
515 LIMPSFIELD ROAD, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9LF
ODS code H81116
4.0 km
STOVELL HOUSE SURGERY
188 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD, ADDISCOMBE, CROYDON, CR0 6AH
ODS code H83039
4.1 km
Showing 20 of 27 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Old Farleigh Road
BCT · Selsdon/South Croydon
- 0.0 miles
Foxearth Road
BCT · Selsdon/South Croydon
- 0.1 miles
Selsdon Library
BCT · Selsdon/South Croydon
- 0.1 miles
Old Farleigh Road
BCT · Selsdon/South Croydon
- 0.1 miles
Selsdon Library
BCT · Selsdon/South Croydon
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 033E, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,924 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 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
885 published events cover 12 months, averaging 73.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 317 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.