CR5 3AR

Coulsdon Town · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CR5 3AQ 34 m
CR5 3AS 109 m
CR5 3DR 130 m
CR5 3AP 139 m
CR5 3AG 173 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR5 3AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR5
Postcode sector
CR5 3
Latitude
51.313927
Longitude
-0.155976
British National Grid easting
528,613
British National Grid northing
158,816

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
E00005114
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 043E · E01001027
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 043 · E02000236

Postcode source versions

Explore CR5

31 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
25, Ridgemount Avenue, Coulsdon, CR5 3AR 7 February 2025 £650,000
43, Ridgemount Avenue, Coulsdon, CR5 3AR 24 May 2024 £702,500
35, Ridgemount Avenue, Coulsdon, CR5 3AR 5 August 2022 £425,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
48
Primary
26
Secondary
9
  1. Chipstead Valley Primary School

    Academy converter

    441 m
  2. St Aidan's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    796 m
  3. Smitham Primary School

    Community school

    990 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
974
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 288
  • Anti social behaviour 149
  • Shoplifting 121
  • Vehicle crime 102
  • Burglary 65

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
67

33 female, 34 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
2.6
CR5 3 residents
11,376

Age bands in CR5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.9%

2,349 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,068 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.3%

3,293 residents

Age 45 to 64
25%

2,810 residents

Age 65 and over
15.2%

1,701 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CR5 3 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

8

within 5 km

  • BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY

    1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR

    ODS code H83052

    1.4 km

  • OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF

    ODS code H83013

    2.8 km

  • LONGCROFT CLINIC

    5 WOODMANSTERNE LANE, BANSTEAD, SM7 3HH

    ODS code H81080

    2.8 km

  • WOODCOTE MEDICAL

    32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE

    ODS code H83024

    3.8 km

  • KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H83016

    4.2 km

  • NORK CLINIC

    63 NORK WAY, BANSTEAD, SM7 1HL

    ODS code H81011

    4.4 km

  • SHOTFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY

    ODS code H85115

    4.8 km

  • WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE

    WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACT, JUBILEE HEALTH CTR WEST, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY

    ODS code H85653

    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

  • Ridgemount Avenue

    BCT · Coulsdon

    0.1 miles
  • Ridgemount Avenue

    BCT · Coulsdon

    0.1 miles
  • Woodlands Grove

    BCT · Coulsdon

    0.2 miles
  • Woodlands Grove

    BCT · Coulsdon

    0.2 miles
  • Chipstead Valley School

    BCT · Coulsdon

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 043E, 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

31,803 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
9 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 £650,000 from 3 recorded sales in CR5 3AR. 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

48 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 9 secondary schools. Chipstead Valley Primary School is the nearest published school at 441 m.

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

Recorded crime

974 published events cover 12 months, averaging 81.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 288 events.

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