CR8 1FD

Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown · Croydon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Purley
Local authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon South
Postcode district
CR8
Postcode sector
CR8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CR8 1FA 45 m
CR2 0QN 102 m
CR8 1DG 122 m
CR2 0QL 128 m
CR2 0RD 130 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR8 1FD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR8
Postcode sector
CR8 1
Latitude
51.344200
Longitude
-0.103155
British National Grid easting
532,207
British National Grid northing
162,276

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
E00005456
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 031D · E01001095
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 031 · E02000224

Postcode source versions

Explore CR8

21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Easton Court, 33, Flat 21, Purley Downs Road, Purley, CR8 1FD 18 December 2025 £475,000
Easton Court, 33, Flat 20, Purley Downs Road, Purley, CR8 1FD 18 December 2025 £400,000
Easton Court, 33, Flat 19, Purley Downs Road, Purley, CR8 1FD 18 December 2025 £385,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
115
Primary
63
Secondary
19
  1. Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley)

    Voluntary aided school

    563 m
  2. Cumnor House School

    Other independent school

    584 m
  3. Purley Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    798 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,264
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 753
  • Vehicle crime 281
  • Anti social behaviour 278
  • Other theft 184
  • Public order 146

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CR8 1 residents
5,136

Age bands in CR8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.2%

856 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

454 residents

Age 25 to 44
25%

1,173 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

1,341 residents

Age 65 and over
18.5%

867 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

32

within 5 km

  • PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX

    ODS code H83015

    786 m

  • KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H83016

    875 m

  • HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6AD

    ODS code H83031

    1.5 km

  • WOODCOTE MEDICAL

    32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE

    ODS code H83024

    1.6 km

  • VIOLET LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    231 VIOLET LANE, CROYDON, CR0 4HN

    ODS code H83007

    1.8 km

  • BIRDHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BIRDHURST AVENUE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7DX

    ODS code H83627

    2.5 km

  • QUEENHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    31 QUEENHILL ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8DU

    ODS code H83014

    2.5 km

  • FARLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    53 FARLEY ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7NG

    ODS code H83004

    2.6 km

  • SELSDON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    97 ADDINGTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8LG

    ODS code H83018

    2.7 km

  • CROYDON SAS

    IMPACT HOUSE, 2 EDRIDGE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 1FE

    ODS code Y08402

    2.9 km

  • FRIENDS ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    49-51 FRIENDS ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 1ED

    ODS code H83019

    3.1 km

  • BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY

    1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR

    ODS code H83052

    3.6 km

  • SHOTFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY

    ODS code H85115

    3.6 km

  • WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H85653

    3.6 km

  • EAST CROYDON MEDICAL CENTRE

    59 ADDISCOMBE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 6SD

    ODS code H83044

    3.6 km

  • MANOR PRACTICE

    57 MANOR ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0DE

    ODS code H85116

    3.8 km

  • MALDON ROAD SURGERY

    35 MALDON ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8BL

    ODS code H85113

    3.9 km

  • PARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    1A PARK ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8AW

    ODS code H85022

    4.0 km

  • GREENSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    26 LENNARD ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 2UL

    ODS code H83631

    4.1 km

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code H83012

    4.2 km

Showing 20 of 32 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Brighton Road / Purley Downs Road

    BCT · Purley

    0.1 miles
  • Biddulph Road

    BCT · Purley

    0.1 miles
  • Brighton Road / Purley Downs Road

    BCT · Purley

    0.2 miles
  • Norman Avenue

    BCT · Purley

    0.2 miles
  • Norman Avenue

    BCT · Purley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 031D, 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

15,346 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £400,000 from 21 recorded sales in CR8 1FD. 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

115 open schools are in scope, including 63 primary and 19 secondary schools. Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) is the nearest published school at 563 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,264 published events cover 12 months, averaging 188.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 753 events.

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