CR5 3BE

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 3BR 75 m
CR5 3BX 128 m
CR5 3HG 146 m
CR5 3DH 163 m
CR5 3BY 175 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR5 3BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR5
Postcode sector
CR5 3
Latitude
51.319161
Longitude
-0.150270
British National Grid easting
528,996
British National Grid northing
159,408

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
E00005106
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 043C · E01001025
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 043 · E02000236

Postcode source versions

Explore CR5

56 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
282, Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, CR5 3BE 11 November 2024 £525,000
290, Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, CR5 3BE 15 July 2024 £480,000
286, Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, CR5 3BE 25 November 2022 £435,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
58
Primary
31
Secondary
12
  1. St Aidan's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    364 m
  2. Smitham Primary School

    Community school

    444 m
  3. Chipstead Valley Primary School

    Academy converter

    767 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,251
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 396
  • Anti social behaviour 177
  • Vehicle crime 145
  • Shoplifting 121
  • Other theft 82

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
90

42 female, 48 male

Postcode households
39
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.8% 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+
98.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
98.1%
Gigabit-capable
98.1%
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

11

within 5 km

  • BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY

    1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR

    ODS code H83052

    751 m

  • OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF

    ODS code H83013

    2.7 km

  • LONGCROFT CLINIC

    5 WOODMANSTERNE LANE, BANSTEAD, SM7 3HH

    ODS code H81080

    3.0 km

  • WOODCOTE MEDICAL

    32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE

    ODS code H83024

    3.1 km

  • KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H83016

    3.5 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

  • BEECHES SURGERY

    9 HILL ROAD, CARSHALTON, SM5 3RB

    ODS code H85662

    4.6 km

  • NORK CLINIC

    63 NORK WAY, BANSTEAD, SM7 1HL

    ODS code H81011

    4.7 km

  • MANOR PRACTICE

    57 MANOR ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0DE

    ODS code H85116

    4.8 km

  • PARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    1A PARK ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8AW

    ODS code H85022

    4.9 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

  • Chipstead Valley Rd / Rickman Hill

    BCT · Coulsdon

    0.0 miles
  • Rickman Hill /Chipstead Valley

    BCT · Coulsdon

    0.1 miles
  • Rickman Hill

    BCT · Coulsdon

    0.1 miles
  • Richmond Road / Coulsdon

    BCT · Clock House

    0.1 miles
  • Richmond Road / Coulsdon

    BCT · Clock House

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 043C, 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

31,765 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
8 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
16
Medium risk addresses
11
Low risk addresses
11
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 £457,750 from 4 recorded sales in CR5 3BE. 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

58 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 12 secondary schools. St Aidan's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 364 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,251 published events cover 12 months, averaging 104.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 396 events.

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