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CR8 4EW

Purley & Woodcote · Croydon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Purley
Ward
Purley & Woodcote
Local authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon South
Postcode district
CR8
Postcode sector
CR8 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CR8 4HJ 63 m
CR8 4EG 119 m
CR8 4EQ 149 m
CR8 4EJ 181 m
CR8 4EN 193 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR8 4EW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR8
Postcode sector
CR8 4
Latitude
51.321892
Longitude
-0.124054
British National Grid easting
530,815
British National Grid northing
159,758

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Croydon · E09000008
Electoral ward
Purley & Woodcote · E05011476
Parish or community
E43000198
Westminster constituency
Croydon South · E14001187
Output area
E00005352
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 041D · E01001067
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 041 · E02000234

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
69, Hartley Old Road, Purley, CR8 4EW 2 June 2010 £630,000
69, Hartley Old Road, Purley, CR8 4EW 16 December 2002 £475,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
73
Primary
41
Secondary
11

  1. Beaumont Primary School

    Community school

    726 m

  2. St Nicholas School

    Community special school

    808 m

  3. Oasis Academy Byron

    Academy converter

    984 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,606
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 544
  • Anti social behaviour 243
  • Vehicle crime 171
  • Shoplifting 122
  • Burglary 103

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
4.0
CR8 4 residents
6,333

Age bands in CR8 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.4%

1,215 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

692 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.7%

1,675 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

1,648 residents

Age 65 and over
16.7%

1,048 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CR8 4 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

16

within 5 km

  • BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY

    1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR

    ODS code H83052

    1.2 km

  • OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF

    ODS code H83013

    1.8 km

  • KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H83016

    2.2 km

  • WOODCOTE MEDICAL

    32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE

    ODS code H83024

    2.3 km

  • PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX

    ODS code H83015

    3.7 km

  • HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6AD

    ODS code H83031

    4.3 km

  • SHOTFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE, SHOTFIELD, WALLINGTON, SM6 0HY

    ODS code H85115

    4.4 km

  • WALLINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H85653

    4.4 km

  • VIOLET LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    231 VIOLET LANE, CROYDON, CR0 4HN

    ODS code H83007

    4.4 km

  • SELSDON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    97 ADDINGTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8LG

    ODS code H83018

    4.7 km

  • QUEENHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    31 QUEENHILL ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8DU

    ODS code H83014

    4.7 km

  • LONGCROFT CLINIC

    5 WOODMANSTERNE LANE, BANSTEAD, SM7 3HH

    ODS code H81080

    4.8 km

  • WARLINGHAM GREEN MED PRAC

    1 CHURCH ROAD, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9NW

    ODS code H81119

    4.8 km

  • FARLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    53 FARLEY ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7NG

    ODS code H83004

    4.8 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

    5.0 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Stoats Nest Village

    BCT · Coulsdon

    0.2 miles

  • Cearn Way

    BCT · Coulsdon South

    0.2 miles

  • Cearn Way

    BCT · Coulsdon South

    0.2 miles

  • Stoats Nest Village

    BCT · Coulsdon

    0.2 miles

  • Lodge Hill (CR8)

    BCT · Kenley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 041D, 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

32,361 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

Schools

73 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 11 secondary schools. Beaumont Primary School is the nearest published school at 726 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,606 published events cover 12 months, averaging 133.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 544 events.

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