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CR4 8LF

Thornton Heath · Croydon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Thornton Heath
Local authority
Croydon
Constituency
Streatham and Croydon North
Postcode district
CR4
Postcode sector
CR4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CR7 8RA 8 m
CR7 8RZ 53 m
CR7 8RB 55 m
CR7 8RD 79 m
CR7 7JG 89 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR4 8LF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR4
Postcode sector
CR4 8
Latitude
51.398291
Longitude
-0.098144
British National Grid easting
532,400
British National Grid northing
168,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Croydon · E09000008
Electoral ward
Thornton Heath · E05011486
Parish or community
E43000198
Westminster constituency
Streatham and Croydon North · E14001527
Output area
E00005748
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 010E · E01001155
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 010 · E02000203

Postcode source versions

Explore CR4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
184
Primary
104
Secondary
28

  1. Thornton Heath Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    279 m

  2. Bensham Manor School

    Community special school

    475 m

  3. Whitehorse Manor Infant School

    Academy converter

    494 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8,560
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,149
  • Anti social behaviour 1,077
  • Vehicle crime 865
  • Public order 588
  • Other theft 552

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

63

within 5 km straight-line

  • THORNTON HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE

    61A GILLETT ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8RL

    ODS code H83022

    157 m

  • YOUR FAMILY PRACTICE

    83 BRIGSTOCK ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 7JH

    ODS code H83608

    391 m

  • PARCHMORE MEDICAL CENTRE

    97 PARCHMORE ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8LY

    ODS code H83053

    394 m

  • MERSHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    30 NORBURY ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8JN

    ODS code H83609

    699 m

  • BRIGSTOCK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    141 BRIGSTOCK ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 7JN

    ODS code H83017

    857 m

  • SELHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 SELHURST ROAD, SOUTH NORWOOD, LONDON, SE25 5QA

    ODS code H83611

    1.1 km

  • SOUTH NORWOOD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    103A SOUTH NORWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE25 6BY

    ODS code H83010

    1.3 km

  • LEANDER FAMILY PRACTICE

    949 LONDON ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 6JE

    ODS code H83042

    1.3 km

  • WHITEHORSE PRACTICE

    87 WHITEHORSE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 2JJ

    ODS code H83034

    1.4 km

  • NORTH CROYDON MEDICAL CENTRE

    518 LONDON ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 7HQ

    ODS code H83011

    1.4 km

  • EVERSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    501 LONDON ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 6AR

    ODS code H83020

    1.4 km

  • LONDON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    515 LONDON ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 6AR

    ODS code H83021

    1.4 km

  • RAINBOW HEALTH CENTRE

    BROAD GREEN HEALTH CENTRE - ANNEX, 1-13 LODGE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 2PD

    ODS code Y00182

    1.6 km

  • AUCKLAND SURGERY

    84A AUCKLAND ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 2DF

    ODS code H83037

    1.7 km

  • NORBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2B POLLARDS HILL NORTH, NORBURY, LONDON, SW16 4NL

    ODS code H83009

    1.8 km

  • NORTHWAY ROAD SURGERY

    139 NORTHWAY ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 6JJ

    ODS code H83008

    1.9 km

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code H83012

    1.9 km

  • UPPER NORWOOD GROUP PRACTICE

    130 CHURCH ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 2NT

    ODS code H83005

    1.9 km

  • GREENSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    26 LENNARD ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 2UL

    ODS code H83631

    2.0 km

  • MORLAND ROAD SURGERY

    1 MORLAND ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 6HA

    ODS code H83023

    2.1 km

Showing 20 of 63 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Thornton Heath Clock Tower

    BCT · Thornton Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Thornton Heath Clock Tower

    BCT · Thornton Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Thornton Heath Station

    BCT · Thornton Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Thornton Heath Station

    BCT · Thornton Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Thornton Heath Station

    RSE · Thornton Heath

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 010E, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,210 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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

Schools

184 open schools are in scope, including 104 primary and 28 secondary schools. Thornton Heath Nursery School is the nearest published school at 279 m.

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

Recorded crime

8,560 published events cover 12 months, averaging 713.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,149 events.

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