CR7 8QP

Thornton Heath · Croydon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Thornton Heath
Local authority
Croydon
Postcode district
CR7
Postcode sector
CR7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE25 6TG 46 m
CR7 8QS 73 m
CR7 8QR 86 m
CR7 8QQ 94 m
CR7 8QZ 104 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR7 8QP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR7
Postcode sector
CR7 8
Latitude
51.404685
Longitude
-0.091538
British National Grid easting
532,841
British National Grid northing
169,023

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Croydon · E09000008
Parish or community
E43000198
Output area
E00005725
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 006B · E01001149
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 006 · E02000199

Postcode source versions

Explore CR7

54 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
28, Hythe Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 8QP 12 December 2025 £412,000
12a, Hythe Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 8QP 6 August 2024 £315,000
26, Hythe Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 8QP 19 July 2024 £362,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
181
Primary
106
Secondary
29
  1. Beulah Infants' School

    Academy sponsor led

    511 m
  2. Beulah Junior School

    Community school

    525 m
  3. David Livingstone Academy

    Academy converter

    687 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,287
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,210
  • Anti social behaviour 880
  • Vehicle crime 687
  • Other theft 417
  • Criminal damage and arson 368

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
72

35 female, 37 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
2.3
CR7 8 residents
19,009

Age bands in CR7 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

3,607 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.3%

2,510 residents

Age 25 to 44
29%

5,499 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

5,148 residents

Age 65 and over
11.5%

2,171 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CR7 8 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 straight-line

  • MERSHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    30 NORBURY ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8JN

    ODS code H83609

    368 m

  • PARCHMORE MEDICAL CENTRE

    97 PARCHMORE ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8LY

    ODS code H83053

    721 m

  • SOUTH NORWOOD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    103A SOUTH NORWOOD HILL, LONDON, SE25 6BY

    ODS code H83010

    770 m

  • THORNTON HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE

    61A GILLETT ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8RL

    ODS code H83022

    834 m

  • AUCKLAND SURGERY

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

    ODS code H83037

    916 m

  • UPPER NORWOOD GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H83005

    1.1 km

  • YOUR FAMILY PRACTICE

    83 BRIGSTOCK ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 7JH

    ODS code H83608

    1.2 km

  • BRIGSTOCK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    141 BRIGSTOCK ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 7JN

    ODS code H83017

    1.6 km

  • SELHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code H83611

    1.6 km

  • LEANDER FAMILY PRACTICE

    949 LONDON ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 6JE

    ODS code H83042

    1.9 km

  • NORTH WOOD GROUP PRACTICE

    CROWN DALE MEDICAL CENTRE, 61 CROWN DALE, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 3NY

    ODS code G85022

    2.1 km

  • OAKFIELD SURGERY

    17 OAKFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE20 8QA

    ODS code G84625

    2.1 km

  • THE PARK PRACTICE

    OAKS PARK MEDICAL CENTRE, 17 OAKFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE20 8QA

    ODS code G84025

    2.1 km

  • ANERLEY SURGERY

    224 ANERLEY ROAD, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8TJ

    ODS code G84624

    2.1 km

  • COUNTRY PARK PRACTICE

    WOODSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, 3 ENMORE ROAD, SOUTH NORWOOD, LONDON, SE25 5NT

    ODS code Y05317

    2.1 km

  • DENMARK ROAD SURGERY

    WOODSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, 3 ENMORE ROAD, SOUTH NORWOOD, LONDON, SE25 5NT

    ODS code Y05318

    2.1 km

  • WHITEHORSE PRACTICE

    87 WHITEHORSE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 2JJ

    ODS code H83034

    2.1 km

  • NORBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H83009

    2.2 km

  • NORTHWAY ROAD SURGERY

    139 NORTHWAY ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 6JJ

    ODS code H83008

    2.2 km

  • PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTRE

    184 PORTLAND ROAD, SOUTH NORWOOD, LONDON, SE25 4QB

    ODS code H83001

    2.2 km

Showing 20 of 67 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Wharncliffe Gardens

    BCT · Upper Norwood

    0.3 miles
  • Grange Avenue (SE25)

    BCT · Upper Norwood

    0.3 miles
  • Wharncliffe Gardens

    BCT · Upper Norwood

    0.3 miles
  • Grange Avenue (SE25)

    BCT · Upper Norwood

    0.3 miles
  • S Norwood Hill / All Saints Ch

    BCT · Upper Norwood

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 006B, 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

16,722 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

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
3
Medium risk addresses
12
Low risk addresses
7
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 £362,500 from 7 recorded sales in CR7 8QP. 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

181 open schools are in scope, including 106 primary and 29 secondary schools. Beulah Infants' School is the nearest published school at 511 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,287 published events cover 12 months, averaging 523.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,210 events.

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