CR9 postcode district: Croydon and around

CR9 is a postcode district in England, with 126 postcodes in use in 10 sectors. It has postcodes in Croydon and Sutton. It is split between 2 councils: Croydon (122 postcodes) and Sutton (4).

Postcodes in use
126
Sectors
10
Councils
2 councils
Places
2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in CR9, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in CR9, by new since 2020 Of the 126 postcodes in CR9 that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 123 were in use before 2020. Places named: Croydon. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A212A2022A232A235 CR9 0BG: before 2020CR9 0BN: before 2020CR9 0DB: before 2020CR9 0DE: before 2020CR9 1AR: before 2020CR9 1AT: before 2020CR9 1BJ: before 2020CR9 1BP: before 2020CR9 1DE: before 2020CR9 1DF: before 2020CR9 1DH: before 2020CR9 1DX: before 2020CR9 1ET: before 2020CR9 1HT: before 2020CR9 1PD: before 2020CR9 1QQ: before 2020CR9 1QS: before 2020CR9 1SH: before 2020CR9 1SN: before 2020CR9 1SS: before 2020CR9 1SX: before 2020CR9 2BQ: before 2020CR9 2BY: before 2020CR9 2DD: before 2020CR9 2EE: before 2020CR9 2ER: before 2020CR9 2LG: before 2020CR9 2RS: before 2020CR9 2UU: before 2020CR9 3AL: before 2020CR9 3AS: before 2020CR9 3AT: before 2020CR9 3DU: before 2020CR9 3LQ: before 2020CR9 3NE: before 2020CR9 3NG: before 2020CR9 3RG: before 2020CR9 4AA: before 2020CR9 4DL: before 2020CR9 4EP: before 2020CR9 4HH: before 2020CR9 4LT: before 2020CR9 4PS: before 2020CR9 4QJ: before 2020CR9 5AB: before 2020CR9 5AL: before 2020CR9 5AS: before 2020CR9 5BX: before 2020CR9 5GA: before 2020CR9 6AZ: before 2020CR9 6BR: before 2020CR9 6HA: before 2020CR9 6HB: before 2020CR9 6HD: before 2020CR9 7AL: before 2020CR9 7AT: before 2020CR9 8AB: before 2020CR9 1ES: new since 2020CR9 2US: new since 2020 Croydon Map of every postcode in CR9, by new since 2020 Of the 126 postcodes in CR9 that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 123 were in use before 2020. Places named: Croydon. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. A212A2022A232 Croydon
  • New since 2020: 3
  • In use before 2020: 123

Of the 126 postcodes in CR9 that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 123 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.3737, longitude -0.0983. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

What broadband can you get in CR9?

Ofcom reports on 36 of the 126 postcodes in CR9. At 27 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit27 of 36
Postcodes where every home can get superfast34 of 36

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is CR9 at risk of flooding?

1 of the 126 postcodes in CR9 has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 126 postcodes High: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Places in CR9

Towns and villages with postcodes in CR9, and how many each has here.

Who covers CR9

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • Croydon West103
  • Croydon East17
  • Carshalton and Wallington4
  • Croydon South2

Police force areas

  • Metropolitan Police126

Next to CR9

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after CR9 in the CR area.

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