CR5 1EN

Old Coulsdon · Croydon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Coulsdon
Local authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon South
Postcode district
CR5
Postcode sector
CR5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CR5 1LP 52 m
CR5 1LN 78 m
CR5 1LS 103 m
CR5 1QE 143 m
CR5 1LR 147 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR5 1EN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR5
Postcode sector
CR5 1
Latitude
51.300136
Longitude
-0.116648
British National Grid easting
531,393
British National Grid northing
157,352

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Croydon · E09000008
Parish or community
E43000198
Westminster constituency
Croydon South · E14001187
Output area
E00005093
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 044D · E01001021
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 044 · E02000237

Postcode source versions

Explore CR5

67 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
227, Coulsdon Road, Coulsdon, CR5 1EN 10 December 2025 £220,000
235, Coulsdon Road, Coulsdon, CR5 1EN 7 February 2025 £535,000
257, Coulsdon Road, Coulsdon, CR5 1EN 15 November 2024 £430,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
28
Secondary
6
  1. Oasis Academy Coulsdon

    Academy sponsor led

    196 m
  2. Keston Primary School

    Academy converter

    485 m
  3. Coulsdon CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
682
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 247
  • Anti social behaviour 128
  • Criminal damage and arson 62
  • Public order 58
  • Other theft 51

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
72

34 female, 38 male

Postcode households
29
Residents per household
2.5
CR5 1 residents
10,441

Age bands in CR5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.4%

2,130 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

1,053 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.5%

2,684 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

2,927 residents

Age 65 and over
19.7%

2,160 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CR5 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
95.1%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
92.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
92.7%
Gigabit-capable
92.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
95.1%
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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF

    ODS code H83013

    726 m

  • BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY

    1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR

    ODS code H83052

    3.1 km

  • WARLINGHAM GREEN MED PRAC

    1 CHURCH ROAD, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9NW

    ODS code H81119

    4.4 km

  • KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PURLEY WAR MEMORIAL HOSP, 856 BRIGHTON ROAD, PURLEY, CR8 2YL

    ODS code H83016

    4.5 km

  • WOODCOTE MEDICAL

    32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE

    ODS code H83024

    4.7 km

  • ELIZABETH HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    515 LIMPSFIELD ROAD, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9LF

    ODS code H81116

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Coulsdon Road / Lacey Drive

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.1 miles
  • Lacey Drive

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.1 miles
  • Lacey Drive

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.1 miles
  • Taunton Lane

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.1 miles
  • Coulsdon Road / Lacey Drive

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 044D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,921 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
7
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £460,000 from 10 recorded sales in CR5 1EN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Croydon is £394,736 in June 2026, down 1.9% year on year.

Schools

51 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 6 secondary schools. Oasis Academy Coulsdon is the nearest published school at 196 m.

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

Recorded crime

682 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 247 events.

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