Schools
69 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 12 secondary schools. Smitham Primary School is the nearest published school at 478 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CR5 2XA
Coulsdon Town · Croydon · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Coulsdon
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon South
- Postcode district
- CR5
- Postcode sector
- CR5 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CR5 2XA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 May 2008
- Postcode area
- CR
- Postcode district
- CR5
- Postcode sector
- CR5 2
- Latitude
- 51.320091
- Longitude
- -0.137488
- British National Grid easting
- 529,884
- British National Grid northing
- 159,534
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Croydon · E09000008
- Electoral ward
- Coulsdon Town · E05011466
- Parish or community
- E43000198
- Westminster constituency
- Croydon South · E14001187
- Output area
- E00181039
- Lower layer super output area
- Croydon 041C · E01001023
- 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
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Instrument Works, Edward Road, Coulsdon, CR5 2XA | 21 November 2014 | £570,000 |
| Instrument Works, Edward Road, Coulsdon, CR5 2XA | 18 August 2008 | £400,000 |
| Instrument Works, Edward Road, Coulsdon, CR5 2XA | 5 March 2002 | £275,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 69
- Primary
- 40
- Secondary
- 12
- 478 m
Smitham Primary School
Community school
- 664 m
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.0 km
Oasis Academy Byron
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,417
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 458
- Anti social behaviour 211
- Vehicle crime 167
- Shoplifting 118
- Burglary 94
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CR5 2 residents
- 10,146
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
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.
GP practices
13
within 5 km straight-line
BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY
1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR
ODS code H83052
456 m
OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE
2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF
ODS code H83013
2.0 km
WOODCOTE MEDICAL
32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE
ODS code H83024
2.6 km
KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
PURLEY WAR MEMORIAL HOSP, 856 BRIGHTON ROAD, PURLEY, CR8 2YL
ODS code H83016
2.8 km
LONGCROFT CLINIC
5 WOODMANSTERNE LANE, BANSTEAD, SM7 3HH
ODS code H81080
3.9 km
SHOTFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY
ODS code H85115
4.2 km
WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE
WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACT, JUBILEE HEALTH CTR WEST, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY
ODS code H85653
4.2 km
PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE
27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX
ODS code H83015
4.4 km
MANOR PRACTICE
57 MANOR ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0DE
ODS code H85116
4.7 km
BEECHES SURGERY
9 HILL ROAD, CARSHALTON, SM5 3RB
ODS code H85662
4.9 km
PARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
1A PARK ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8AW
ODS code H85022
4.9 km
VIOLET LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE
231 VIOLET LANE, CROYDON, CR0 4HN
ODS code H83007
4.9 km
HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6AD
ODS code H83031
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Coulsdon Library
BCT · Coulsdon
- 0.1 miles
Chipstead Valley Rd / Brighton Rd
BCT · Coulsdon
- 0.1 miles
Coulsdon Library
BCT · Coulsdon
- 0.1 miles
Coulsdon Town
BCT · Coulsdon
- 0.1 miles
Coulsdon Library
BCT · Coulsdon
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 041C, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
15,199 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
Recorded crime
1,417 published events cover 12 months, averaging 118.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 458 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.