Schools
223 open schools are in scope, including 128 primary and 29 secondary schools. St Joseph's College is the nearest published school at 481 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SW16 3RU
Norbury Park · Croydon · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- London
- Ward
- Norbury Park
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Streatham and Croydon North
- Postcode district
- SW16
- Postcode sector
- SW16 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SW16 3RU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SW
- Postcode district
- SW16
- Postcode sector
- SW16 3
- Latitude
- 51.416512
- Longitude
- -0.109928
- British National Grid easting
- 531,528
- British National Grid northing
- 170,305
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Croydon · E09000008
- Electoral ward
- Norbury Park · E05011473
- Parish or community
- E43000198
- Westminster constituency
- Streatham and Croydon North · E14001527
- Output area
- E00005422
- Lower layer super output area
- Croydon 002A · E01001084
- Middle layer super output area
- Croydon 002 · E02000195
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 SW16
Property
16 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 57, Norbury Hill, London, SW16 3RU | 18 December 2020 | £750,000 |
| 79, Norbury Hill, London, SW16 3RU | 27 March 2019 | £695,000 |
| 83, Norbury Hill, London, SW16 3RU | 26 May 2017 | £1,075,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 223
- Primary
- 128
- Secondary
- 29
- 481 m
St Joseph's College
Academy converter
- 575 m
Downsview Primary and Nursery School
Community school
- 649 m
Kensington Avenue Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,059
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,631
- Anti social behaviour 767
- Vehicle crime 596
- Shoplifting 348
- Other theft 333
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 62
- Postcode households
- 17
- Residents per household
- 3.6
- SW16 3 residents
- 9,584
30 female, 32 male
Age bands in SW16 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.9%
1,512 residents
940 residents
2,709 residents
2,398 residents
1,643 residents
This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW16 3 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
71
within 5 km
NORTH WOOD GROUP PRACTICE
CROWN DALE MEDICAL CENTRE, 61 CROWN DALE, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 3NY
ODS code G85022
1.1 km
STREATHAM COMMON PRACTICE
293 STREATHAM HIGH ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 3NP
ODS code G85014
1.2 km
FAIRVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
69 FAIRVIEW ROAD, NORBURY, LONDON, SW16 5PX
ODS code H83624
1.2 km
VALLEY ROAD SURGERY
139 VALLEY ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 2XT
ODS code G85044
1.5 km
NORBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE
2B POLLARDS HILL NORTH, NORBURY, LONDON, SW16 4NL
ODS code H83009
1.6 km
MERSHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
30 NORBURY ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8JN
ODS code H83609
1.6 km
KNIGHTS HILL SURGERY SUITE 1
SUITE 1, WEST NORWOOD HEALTH & LC, WEST NORWOOD, LONDON, SE27 0DF
ODS code G85047
1.7 km
UPPER NORWOOD GROUP PRACTICE
130 CHURCH ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 2NT
ODS code H83005
1.8 km
PARCHMORE MEDICAL CENTRE
97 PARCHMORE ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8LY
ODS code H83053
1.8 km
THE VALE SURGERY
STREATHAM VALE, LONDON, SW16 5SE
ODS code G85096
1.9 km
LEANDER FAMILY PRACTICE
949 LONDON ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 6JE
ODS code H83042
2.0 km
PRENTIS MEDICAL CENTRE
2 PRENTIS ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 1XU
ODS code G85021
2.1 km
AT MEDICS STREATHAM PCN EA HUB
STREATHAM HIGH PRACTICE, 2-8 GRACEFIELD GARDENS, LONDON, SW16 2ST
ODS code Y05162
2.1 km
STREATHAM HIGH PRACTICE
2-8 GRACEFIELD GARDENS, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 2ST
ODS code G85002
2.1 km
THE EXCHANGE SURGERY
2-8 GRACEFIELD GARDENS, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 2ST
ODS code G85647
2.1 km
AUCKLAND SURGERY
84A AUCKLAND ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 2DF
ODS code H83037
2.2 km
YOUR FAMILY PRACTICE
83 BRIGSTOCK ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 7JH
ODS code H83608
2.2 km
PAXTON GREEN GROUP PRACTICE
PAXTON GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ALLEYN PARK, LONDON, SE21 8AU
ODS code G85039
2.3 km
THORNTON HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE
61A GILLETT ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8RL
ODS code H83022
2.3 km
STREATHAM PARK SURGERY
91 MITCHAM LANE, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 6LY
ODS code H85052
2.3 km
Showing 20 of 71 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
- 0.3 miles
Norbury Hill
BCT · Norbury
- 0.3 miles
Norbury Hill
BCT · Norbury
- 0.3 miles
Biggin Hill
BCT · Norwood New Town
- 0.3 miles
Grecian Crescent
BCT · Norwood New Town
- 0.3 miles
Biggin Hill
BCT · Norwood New Town
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 002A, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,311 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
5,059 published events cover 12 months, averaging 421.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,631 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.