Schools
116 open schools are in scope, including 66 primary and 19 secondary schools. Beckmead Park Academy is the nearest published school at 222 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CR9 8AN
Shirley South · Croydon · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Shirley South
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon East
- Postcode district
- CR9
- Postcode sector
- CR9 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CR9 8AN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1993
- Terminated
- 1 May 2024
- Postcode area
- CR
- Postcode district
- CR9
- Postcode sector
- CR9 8
- Latitude
- 51.376989
- Longitude
- -0.028602
- British National Grid easting
- 537,301
- British National Grid northing
- 166,059
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Croydon · E09000008
- Electoral ward
- Shirley South · E05011483
- Parish or community
- E43000198
- Westminster constituency
- Croydon East · E14001186
- Output area
- E00005617
- Lower layer super output area
- Croydon 025D · E01001135
- Middle layer super output area
- Croydon 025 · E02000218
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CR9
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 116
- Primary
- 66
- Secondary
- 19
- 222 m
Beckmead Park Academy
Academy special converter
- 481 m
Oak Lodge Primary School
Academy converter
- 706 m
Forest Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,194
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 788
- Shoplifting 323
- Vehicle crime 253
- Anti social behaviour 232
- Other theft 135
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
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 not available.
GP practices
45
within 5 km
WICKHAM PARK SURGERY
2 MANOR ROAD, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9PS
ODS code G84607
381 m
BROOM ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
23 BROOM ROAD, SHIRLEY, CROYDON, CR0 8NG
ODS code H83030
811 m
STATION ROAD SURGERY
74 STATION ROAD, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 0PU
ODS code G84015
957 m
SHIRLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
370 WICKHAM ROAD, SHIRLEY, CROYDON, CR0 8BH
ODS code H83043
1.1 km
HARTLAND WAY SURGERY
1 HARTLAND WAY, CROYDON, CR0 8RG
ODS code H83029
1.2 km
ADDINGTON ROAD SURGERY
77 ADDINGTON ROAD, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9BG
ODS code G84017
1.9 km
ASHBURTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
ASHBURTON PARK M.PRACTICE, 416 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD, ADDISCOMBE, CROYDON, CR0 7AG
ODS code H83033
2.6 km
EDEN PARK SURGERY
194 CROYDON ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 4DQ
ODS code G84011
2.6 km
ST JAMES' PRACTICE
138 CROYDON ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 4DG
ODS code G84028
2.7 km
PICKHURST SURGERY
56 PICKHURST LANE, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 7JF
ODS code G84033
2.7 km
HEADLEY DRIVE SURGERY
117A HEADLEY DRIVE, NEW ADDINGTON, CROYDON, CR0 0QL
ODS code H83049
2.8 km
ELM HOUSE SURGERY
BECKENHAM BEACON, 379 CROYDON ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 3FD
ODS code G84027
3.1 km
FORGE CLOSE SURGERY
FORGE CLOSE, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 7LL
ODS code G84030
3.1 km
PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTRE
184 PORTLAND ROAD, SOUTH NORWOOD, LONDON, SE25 4QB
ODS code H83001
3.2 km
COUNTRY PARK PRACTICE
WOODSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, 3 ENMORE ROAD, SOUTH NORWOOD, LONDON, SE25 5NT
ODS code Y05317
3.2 km
DENMARK ROAD SURGERY
WOODSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, 3 ENMORE ROAD, SOUTH NORWOOD, LONDON, SE25 5NT
ODS code Y05318
3.2 km
STOVELL HOUSE SURGERY
188 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD, ADDISCOMBE, CROYDON, CR0 6AH
ODS code H83039
3.3 km
MANOR ROAD SURGERY
14 MANOR ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 5LE
ODS code G84008
3.4 km
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
50 MANOR ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 5LG
ODS code G84018
3.4 km
BROMLEAG CARE PRACTICE
BECKENHAM CLINIC, 14 THE CRESCENT, BECKENHAM, BR3 1DU
ODS code Y06345
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 45 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Monks Orchard Road
BCT · Spring Park
- 0.0 miles
West Wickham & Shirley Baptist Church
BCT · Spring Park
- 0.0 miles
Wickham Road / Monks Orchard
BCT · Spring Park
- 0.0 miles
Wickham Road / Monks Orchard
BCT · Spring Park
- 0.1 miles
West Wickham & Shirley Baptist Church
BCT · Spring Park
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 025D, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
27,516 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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
- 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
Recorded crime
2,194 published events cover 12 months, averaging 182.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 788 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.