CR7 7DE

Bensham Manor · Croydon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Thornton Heath
Local authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon West
Postcode district
CR7
Postcode sector
CR7 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CR7 7DF 31 m
CR7 7DT 64 m
CR7 7DB 76 m
CR7 7DX 88 m
CR7 7DS 101 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR7 7DE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR7
Postcode sector
CR7 7
Latitude
51.398327
Longitude
-0.107012
British National Grid easting
531,783
British National Grid northing
168,288

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Croydon · E09000008
Parish or community
E43000198
Westminster constituency
Croydon West · E14001188
Output area
E00004989
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 009D · E01000997
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 009 · E02000202

Postcode source versions

Explore CR7

51 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
44, Warlingham Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 7DE 20 November 2023 £500,000
72, Warlingham Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 7DE 23 March 2022 £435,000
8, Warlingham Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 7DE 9 February 2022 £350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
192
Primary
111
Secondary
26
  1. Bensham Manor School

    Community special school

    515 m
  2. Winterbourne Boys' Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    546 m
  3. Winterbourne Junior Girls' School

    Community school

    546 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8,635
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,204
  • Anti social behaviour 1,074
  • Vehicle crime 896
  • Public order 626
  • Criminal damage and arson 554

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
118

65 female, 53 male

Postcode households
35
Residents per household
3.4
CR7 7 residents
18,341

Age bands in CR7 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.4%

3,527 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.8%

2,314 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.6%

5,361 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

4,828 residents

Age 65 and over
11.6%

2,107 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CR7 7 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

67

within 5 km

  • YOUR FAMILY PRACTICE

    83 BRIGSTOCK ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 7JH

    ODS code H83608

    268 m

  • BRIGSTOCK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    141 BRIGSTOCK ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 7JN

    ODS code H83017

    394 m

  • PARCHMORE MEDICAL CENTRE

    97 PARCHMORE ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8LY

    ODS code H83053

    571 m

  • LEANDER FAMILY PRACTICE

    949 LONDON ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 6JE

    ODS code H83042

    720 m

  • THORNTON HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE

    61A GILLETT ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8RL

    ODS code H83022

    764 m

  • MERSHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    30 NORBURY ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8JN

    ODS code H83609

    989 m

  • EVERSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    501 LONDON ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 6AR

    ODS code H83020

    1.1 km

  • LONDON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    515 LONDON ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 6AR

    ODS code H83021

    1.1 km

  • NORTH CROYDON MEDICAL CENTRE

    518 LONDON ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 7HQ

    ODS code H83011

    1.2 km

  • NORBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2B POLLARDS HILL NORTH, NORBURY, LONDON, SW16 4NL

    ODS code H83009

    1.3 km

  • RAINBOW HEALTH CENTRE

    BROAD GREEN HEALTH CENTRE - ANNEX, 1-13 LODGE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 2PD

    ODS code Y00182

    1.5 km

  • WHITEHORSE PRACTICE

    87 WHITEHORSE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 2JJ

    ODS code H83034

    1.5 km

  • SELHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

    27 SELHURST ROAD, SOUTH NORWOOD, LONDON, SE25 5QA

    ODS code H83611

    1.6 km

  • FAIRVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    69 FAIRVIEW ROAD, NORBURY, LONDON, SW16 5PX

    ODS code H83624

    1.8 km

  • SOUTH NORWOOD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    103A SOUTH NORWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE25 6BY

    ODS code H83010

    1.9 km

  • WIDE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    WIDE WAY, MITCHAM, CR4 1BP

    ODS code H85029

    1.9 km

  • GREENSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    26 LENNARD ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 2UL

    ODS code H83631

    2.0 km

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL CENTRE

    189A ST. JAMES'S ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 2BZ

    ODS code H83012

    2.1 km

  • AUCKLAND SURGERY

    84A AUCKLAND ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 2DF

    ODS code H83037

    2.2 km

  • UPPER NORWOOD GROUP PRACTICE

    130 CHURCH ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 2NT

    ODS code H83005

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 67 matching practices.

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Thornton Heath Library

    BCT · Thornton Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Bensham Lane

    BCT · Thornton Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Nutfield Road

    BCT · Thornton Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Brook Road Thornton Heath

    BCT · Thornton Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Brook Road (CR7)

    BCT · Thornton Heath

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 009D, 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

12,153 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
3 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
4
Low risk addresses
14
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 £436,500 from 4 recorded sales in CR7 7DE. 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

192 open schools are in scope, including 111 primary and 26 secondary schools. Bensham Manor School is the nearest published school at 515 m.

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

Recorded crime

8,635 published events cover 12 months, averaging 719.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,204 events.

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