Croydon
Croydon is covered by postcode districts CR0, CR2, CR5, CR7, CR8, SE25 and 8 more. It is mostly in the Croydon council area: 7,032 of its 7,049 postcodes. The others are in Tandridge, Lambeth, Merton and 2 others. 8 of its 7,049 postcodes are in Surrey. ONS lists no county for the other 7,041.
Every postcode in Croydon, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 321
- In use before 2020: 6,728
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 7,049 postcodes in Croydon that ONS places, 321 are new since 2020 and 6,728 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 51.3686, longitude -0.0912. 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
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 42 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CR2 1RS, is the newest of them.
- 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CR0 1NJ, is the newest of them.
- 13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CR8 9GF, is the newest of them.
- 12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SE25 9HD, is the newest of them.
- 11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CR8 3EX, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CR0 1JZ, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Croydon?
Homes sold for a typical £425,935 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.2% on the 12 months before. At 5,065 of the 6,773 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 4,180 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 339 of its 7,049 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is South Croydon, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Croydon?
Homes in Croydon sold for a typical £425,935 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,901 sales, up 0.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £713,000 351 sales
- Semi-detached £545,000 643 sales
- Terraced £439,000 953 sales
- Flat or maisonette £272,250 954 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CR0 district, Croydon's main postcode district: a typical £392,250.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Croydon: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Croydon?
321 of the 7,049 postcodes now in use in Croydon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 46 of the 4,042 homes sold in Croydon were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CR0 district, 2%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Croydon | Across the CR0 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 7 of 2,901 (Under 1%) | 4 of 1,116 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 46 of 4,042 (1%) | 24 of 1,530 (2%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Croydon?
Ofcom reports on 6,773 of the 7,049 postcodes in Croydon. At 5,065 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Croydon at risk of flooding?
339 of the 7,049 postcodes in Croydon have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 4,180 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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
Which schools are in Croydon?
The open schools at the postcodes in Croydon (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Park Hill Infant School150 m 270 pupils, 270 places
- Park Hill Junior School150 m 367 pupils, 372 places
- Aspire Learning250 m 54 pupils, 56 places
- Saffron Valley Collegiate550 m 64 pupils, 220 places
- Heathfield Academy600 m 411 pupils, 420 places
- Elmhurst School Ltd600 m 126 pupils, 272 places
- Howard Primary School850 m 387 pupils, 420 places
- Krishna Avanti Primary School900 m 212 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Croydon?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Croydon is South Croydon Rail Station, 650 m away in a straight line.
- South Croydon Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
- East Croydon Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
- West Croydon Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
- East Croydon Tram Stop Underground, metro or tram 700 mWalk
- George Street Tram Stop Underground, metro or tram 800 mWalk
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Croydon?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Croydon, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Birdhurst Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 020 8686 2070 400 mWalk
- Friends Road Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 020 8688 0532 400 mWalk
- Croydon Sas Phone 0333 332 6570 550 mWalk
- East Croydon Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 020 3657 4170 800 mWalk
- Haling Park Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 020 8688 0875 1.4 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Croydon safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 11,498 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Croydon over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 1,034 September 2025
- 956 October 2025
- 919 November 2025
- 841 December 2025
- 867 January 2026
- 851 February 2026
- 1,037 March 2026
- 1,067 April 2026
- 989 May 2026
- 992 June 2026
- 1,045 July 2026
- 900 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: criminal damage and arson 404, theft from the person 327, robbery 265, possession of weapons 107, other crime 107, bicycle theft 79.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Croydon?
- Councils
- Croydon (7,032), Tandridge (7), Lambeth (5) and 3 others
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Croydon South (2,171), Croydon West (2,091), Croydon East (1,779) and 6 others
- Police force areas
- Metropolitan Police (7,041) and Surrey (8)
- Regions
- London (7,041) and South East (8)
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Croydon
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Croydon is in Croydon; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Croydon about council tax Council tax, on croydon.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Croydon
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Croydon postcodes
7,049 postcodes in use in Croydon, by district:
Those districts are in the CR postcode area, SE postcode area, SW postcode area and BR postcode area.
Check a Croydon postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Croydon
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Croydon's £425,935. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Croydon
- What is it like to live in Croydon?
- Homes sold for a typical £425,935 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.2% on the 12 months before. At 5,065 of the 6,773 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 4,180 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 339 of its 7,049 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is South Croydon, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Croydon?
- Croydon is covered by postcode districts CR0, CR2, CR5, CR7, CR8, SE25 and 8 more, across 7,049 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Croydon?
- Homes in Croydon sold for a typical £425,935 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,901 sales, up 0.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Croydon?
- In Croydon, primary schools at its postcodes include Park Hill Infant School, Park Hill Junior School and Aspire Learning; secondary schools at its postcodes include Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School, Saffron Valley Collegiate and Serenity School, Old Palace Croydon. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Croydon have a railway station?
- Yes: South Croydon is 650 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Croydon, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Croydon?
- Ofcom reports on 6,773 of the 7,049 postcodes in Croydon. At 5,065 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Croydon at risk of flooding?
- 339 of the 7,049 postcodes in Croydon have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 4,180 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Croydon?
- 321 of the 7,049 postcodes now in use in Croydon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 46 of the 4,042 homes sold in Croydon were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CR0 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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