CR5 1EW

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 1JS 156 m
CR5 1JL 250 m
CR5 1ST 250 m
CR3 5LZ 313 m
CR8 5GL 327 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR5 1EW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2011
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR5
Postcode sector
CR5 1
Latitude
51.299492
Longitude
-0.100722
British National Grid easting
532,505
British National Grid northing
157,309

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
E00005087
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 044E · E01001022
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 044 · E02000237

Postcode source versions

Explore CR5

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Shaw Grove, Coulsdon, CR5 1EW 24 January 2025 £475,000
2, Shaw Grove, Coulsdon, CR5 1EW 22 September 2023 £565,000
9, Shaw Grove, Coulsdon, CR5 1EW 16 July 2021 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
46
Primary
26
Secondary
5
  1. OneSchool Global Kenley Campus

    Other independent school

    673 m
  2. Oasis Academy Coulsdon

    Academy sponsor led

    917 m
  3. Audley Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,039
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 408
  • Anti social behaviour 163
  • Public order 107
  • Criminal damage and arson 89
  • Other theft 76

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

12 female, 14 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.6
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 0.2% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

5

within 5 km

  • OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF

    ODS code H83013

    1.4 km

  • WARLINGHAM GREEN MED PRAC

    1 CHURCH ROAD, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9NW

    ODS code H81119

    3.4 km

  • ELIZABETH HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    515 LIMPSFIELD ROAD, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9LF

    ODS code H81116

    3.7 km

  • BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY

    1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR

    ODS code H83052

    3.9 km

  • KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H83016

    4.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Shirley Avenue / Caterham Drive

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.3 miles
  • Shirley Avenue / Caterham Drive

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.3 miles
  • The Grove

    BCT · Caterham

    0.4 miles
  • Ninehams Road

    BCT · Caterham

    0.4 miles
  • The Grove

    BCT · Caterham

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 044E, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

30,014 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
0
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
0
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 £520,000 from 2 recorded sales in CR5 1EW. 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

46 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 5 secondary schools. OneSchool Global Kenley Campus is the nearest published school at 673 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,039 published events cover 12 months, averaging 86.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 408 events.

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