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CR8 5HU

Kenley · Croydon · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Kenley
Ward
Kenley
Local authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon South
Postcode district
CR8
Postcode sector
CR8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CR8 5HS 48 m
CR8 5HE 75 m
CR8 5FR 123 m
CR8 5EZ 133 m
CR8 5EE 151 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR8 5HU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR8
Postcode sector
CR8 5
Latitude
51.314777
Longitude
-0.100551
British National Grid easting
532,473
British National Grid northing
159,009

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Croydon · E09000008
Electoral ward
Kenley · E05011469
Parish or community
E43000198
Westminster constituency
Croydon South · E14001187
Output area
E00005339
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 042C · E01001072
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 042 · E02000235

Postcode source versions

Explore CR8

Property

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10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Maryhill Close, Kenley, CR8 5HU 29 November 2024 £700,000
3, Maryhill Close, Kenley, CR8 5HU 19 October 2020 £700,000
2, Maryhill Close, Kenley, CR8 5HU 9 June 2017 £725,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
62
Primary
35
Secondary
9

  1. The Hayes Primary School

    Community school

    622 m

  2. New Valley Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    954 m

  3. Kenley Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
742
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 211
  • Anti social behaviour 120
  • Shoplifting 100
  • Vehicle crime 73
  • Criminal damage and arson 50

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

9 female, 7 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.7
CR8 5 residents
8,144

Age bands in CR8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.1%

1,543 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

809 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.8%

2,289 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

2,283 residents

Age 65 and over
18.9%

1,611 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CR8 5 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+
0%
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

11

within 5 km

  • OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF

    ODS code H83013

    1.5 km

  • BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY

    1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR

    ODS code H83052

    3.0 km

  • WARLINGHAM GREEN MED PRAC

    1 CHURCH ROAD, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9NW

    ODS code H81119

    3.0 km

  • KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H83016

    3.0 km

  • WOODCOTE MEDICAL

    32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE

    ODS code H83024

    3.5 km

  • ELIZABETH HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    515 LIMPSFIELD ROAD, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9LF

    ODS code H81116

    3.6 km

  • SELSDON PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    97 ADDINGTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8LG

    ODS code H83018

    4.0 km

  • PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX

    ODS code H83015

    4.0 km

  • QUEENHILL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    31 QUEENHILL ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 8DU

    ODS code H83014

    4.1 km

  • FARLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    53 FARLEY ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 7NG

    ODS code H83004

    4.2 km

  • HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    96 BRIGHTON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6AD

    ODS code H83031

    4.7 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

  • Hawkhirst Road

    BCT · Kenley

    0.5 miles

  • Hawkhirst Road

    BCT · Kenley

    0.5 miles

  • Bader Close

    BCT · Kenley

    0.5 miles

  • Hazeldene Court

    BCT · Kenley

    0.5 miles

  • Kenley Station

    BCT · Kenley

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 042C, 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

31,034 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
9 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
0
Low risk addresses
1
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 £700,000 from 1 recorded sale in CR8 5HU. 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

62 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 9 secondary schools. The Hayes Primary School is the nearest published school at 622 m.

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

Recorded crime

742 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 211 events.

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