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CR5 2LR

Old Coulsdon · Croydon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Coulsdon
Ward
Old Coulsdon
Local authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon South
Postcode district
CR5
Postcode sector
CR5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CR5 2LN 68 m
CR5 2LP 101 m
CR5 2LQ 122 m
CR5 2HH 125 m
CR5 2LU 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR5 2LR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR5
Postcode sector
CR5 2
Latitude
51.310270
Longitude
-0.124427
British National Grid easting
530,822
British National Grid northing
158,465

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Croydon · E09000008
Electoral ward
Old Coulsdon · E05011474
Parish or community
E43000198
Westminster constituency
Croydon South · E14001187
Output area
E00005056
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 044B · E01001019
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 044 · E02000237

Postcode source versions

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Property

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40 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
25, Rossetti Gardens, Coulsdon, CR5 2LR 24 June 2025 £698,500
4, Rossetti Gardens, Coulsdon, CR5 2LR 20 December 2024 £675,000
20, Rossetti Gardens, Coulsdon, CR5 2LR 24 November 2023 £625,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
53
Primary
27
Secondary
10

  1. Coulsdon CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    237 m

  2. Oasis Academy Byron

    Academy converter

    419 m

  3. Keston Primary School

    Academy converter

    798 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,114
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 360
  • Anti social behaviour 181
  • Shoplifting 112
  • Vehicle crime 84
  • Other theft 80

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
76

38 female, 38 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
2.5
CR5 2 residents
10,146

Age bands in CR5 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%

1,854 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

1,079 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.9%

2,553 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

2,598 residents

Age 65 and over
18%

1,776 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CR5 2 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+
64.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
58.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
58.1%
Gigabit-capable
58.1%
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

6

within 5 km

  • OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF

    ODS code H83013

    615 m

  • BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY

    1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR

    ODS code H83052

    1.9 km

  • KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H83016

    3.5 km

  • WOODCOTE MEDICAL

    32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE

    ODS code H83024

    3.6 km

  • WARLINGHAM GREEN MED PRAC

    1 CHURCH ROAD, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9NW

    ODS code H81119

    4.7 km

  • PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX

    ODS code H83015

    4.8 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Army Reserve Centre

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.1 miles

  • Territorial Army Centre

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.1 miles

  • Oasis Academy Byron

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.1 miles

  • Oasis Academy Byron

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.1 miles

  • Oasis Academy Byron

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 044B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,614 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
0
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 £675,000 from 5 recorded sales in CR5 2LR. 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

53 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 10 secondary schools. Coulsdon CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 237 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,114 published events cover 12 months, averaging 92.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 360 events.

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