Schools
64 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 11 secondary schools. Oasis Academy Byron is the nearest published school at 447 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CR5 2ST
Old Coulsdon · Croydon · England
Updated September 2026
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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
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CR5 2ST
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 1990
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CR
- Postcode district
- CR5
- Postcode sector
- CR5 2
- Latitude
- 51.317390
- Longitude
- -0.127682
- British National Grid easting
- 530,575
- British National Grid northing
- 159,251
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
- E00005069
- Lower layer super output area
- Croydon 041A · E01001015
- Middle layer super output area
- Croydon 041 · E02000234
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 CR5
Property
6 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 3, Rutherwick Rise, Coulsdon, CR5 2ST | 22 September 2020 | £433,000 |
| 7, Rutherwick Rise, Coulsdon, CR5 2ST | 28 February 2019 | £376,000 |
| 5, Rutherwick Rise, Coulsdon, CR5 2ST | 21 December 2010 | £167,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 64
- Primary
- 36
- Secondary
- 11
- 447 m
Oasis Academy Byron
Academy converter
- 967 m
New Valley Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 1.1 km
Coulsdon CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,324
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 429
- Anti social behaviour 202
- Vehicle crime 147
- Shoplifting 118
- Other theft 81
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 19
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 3.2
- CR5 2 residents
- 10,146
11 female, 8 male
Age bands in CR5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 18%
1,854 residents
1,079 residents
2,553 residents
2,598 residents
1,776 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% 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+
- 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
11
within 5 km
BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY
1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR
ODS code H83052
1.2 km
OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE
2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF
ODS code H83013
1.4 km
KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
PURLEY WAR MEMORIAL HOSP, 856 BRIGHTON ROAD, PURLEY, CR8 2YL
ODS code H83016
2.8 km
WOODCOTE MEDICAL
32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE
ODS code H83024
2.8 km
PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE
27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX
ODS code H83015
4.2 km
LONGCROFT CLINIC
5 WOODMANSTERNE LANE, BANSTEAD, SM7 3HH
ODS code H81080
4.6 km
SHOTFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY
ODS code H85115
4.7 km
WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE
WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACT, JUBILEE HEALTH CTR WEST, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY
ODS code H85653
4.7 km
HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6AD
ODS code H83031
4.9 km
WARLINGHAM GREEN MED PRAC
1 CHURCH ROAD, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9NW
ODS code H81119
4.9 km
VIOLET LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE
231 VIOLET LANE, CROYDON, CR0 4HN
ODS code H83007
5.0 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
- 0.0 miles
Blueberry Gardens
BCT · Coulsdon South
- 0.0 miles
Byron Avenue (CR5)
BCT · Coulsdon
- 0.0 miles
Blueberry Gardens
BCT · Coulsdon South
- 0.1 miles
Aldercroft
BCT · Coulsdon South
- 0.1 miles
Cearn Way
BCT · Coulsdon South
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 041A, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,264 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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.
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
- 1
- Low risk addresses
- 1
- 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
Recorded crime
1,324 published events cover 12 months, averaging 110.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 429 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.