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CR8 1HG

Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown · Croydon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Purley
Ward
Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown
Local authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon South
Postcode district
CR8
Postcode sector
CR8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CR8 1JE 52 m
CR8 1JB 88 m
CR8 1JA 119 m
CR8 1HD 129 m
CR8 1HF 129 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR8 1HG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR8
Postcode sector
CR8 1
Latitude
51.341311
Longitude
-0.103016
British National Grid easting
532,225
British National Grid northing
161,955

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Croydon · E09000008
Electoral ward
Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown · E05011477
Parish or community
E43000198
Westminster constituency
Croydon South · E14001187
Output area
E00005459
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 037D · E01001096
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 037 · E02000230

Postcode source versions

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Property

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3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Brancaster Lane, Purley, CR8 1HG 14 September 2018 £560,000
1, Brancaster Lane, Purley, CR8 1HG 15 November 2012 £396,475
1a, Brancaster Lane, Purley, CR8 1HG 22 July 2008 £432,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
111
Primary
58
Secondary
19

  1. Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley)

    Voluntary aided school

    567 m

  2. Purley Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    747 m

  3. Cumnor House School

    Other independent school

    867 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,314
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 772
  • Anti social behaviour 298
  • Vehicle crime 283
  • Other theft 180
  • Public order 146

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

5 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.5
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CR8 1 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

27

within 5 km straight-line

  • KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H83016

    799 m

  • PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX

    ODS code H83015

    1.1 km

  • WOODCOTE MEDICAL

    32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE

    ODS code H83024

    1.6 km

  • HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6AD

    ODS code H83031

    1.8 km

  • VIOLET LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    231 VIOLET LANE, CROYDON, CR0 4HN

    ODS code H83007

    2.1 km

  • QUEENHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    31 QUEENHILL ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8DU

    ODS code H83014

    2.6 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

  • BIRDHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BIRDHURST AVENUE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7DX

    ODS code H83627

    2.8 km

  • CROYDON SAS

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

    ODS code Y08402

    3.3 km

  • BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY

    1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR

    ODS code H83052

    3.4 km

  • FRIENDS ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    49-51 FRIENDS ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 1ED

    ODS code H83019

    3.4 km

  • SHOTFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY

    ODS code H85115

    3.8 km

  • WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H85653

    3.8 km

  • EAST CROYDON MEDICAL CENTRE

    59 ADDISCOMBE ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 6SD

    ODS code H83044

    3.9 km

  • OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF

    ODS code H83013

    4.0 km

  • MANOR PRACTICE

    57 MANOR ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0DE

    ODS code H85116

    4.0 km

  • MALDON ROAD SURGERY

    35 MALDON ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8BL

    ODS code H85113

    4.1 km

  • PARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    1A PARK ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8AW

    ODS code H85022

    4.2 km

  • GREENSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    26 LENNARD ROAD, CROYDON, CR0 2UL

    ODS code H83631

    4.4 km

Showing 20 of 27 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Norman Avenue

    BCT · Purley

    0.1 miles

  • Norman Avenue

    BCT · Purley

    0.1 miles

  • Brighton Road / Purley Downs Road

    BCT · Purley

    0.2 miles

  • Brighton Road / Purley Downs Road

    BCT · Purley

    0.3 miles

  • Montpelier Road

    BCT · Purley

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 037D, 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

32,188 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
5 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
2
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Possible

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

Schools

111 open schools are in scope, including 58 primary and 19 secondary schools. Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) is the nearest published school at 567 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,314 published events cover 12 months, averaging 192.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 772 events.

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