11 important facts
Area insights about Croydon, borough
Locals say
7.2 • Good area
- Local architecture / Beauty
- 6.9
- Green spaces
- 8.1
- Prosperity
- 6.5
- Safety
- 7.1
- High street / Retail amenities
- 6.4
- Transport links
- 8.7
- Local community
- 7.3
- Schools
- 7.6
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Highlights from resident reviews
Read full reviews- "Heavy traffic on the main road"
- "Poor transport connectivity due to occasional train strikes"
- "High distance from the metro, around 30min from Balham or Brixton"
- "Small local shops nearby like Coop, Island, Lidl"
Data says
Income
View allView income on mapIncludes low-income areas, areas of average wealth and wealthy areas 3/10 - 8/10
Deprivation
View allView deprivation domainsComposed of non-deprived areas by 49%
Professional occupations
View allView full breakdown & mapAverage % of managerial, administrative, and professional occupations 5/10
Residents with degrees
View allView full breakdown & mapAverage % of residents are degree-educated or similar 6/10
Medium crime rate 5/10
Demographics
View allView full breakdown & map- Main ethnic group
- White British 37%
- Main religion
- Christian 49%
- Main age band
- Aged 20 to 39 29%
- Main household type
- Families with young children 29%
Croydon (borough)
Average for London
Noise
View allView noise on map- 15.9% of the area is affected by Traffic noise
Transport
View allView connectivity mapThe area is served by the transport links:
- National Rail
- Gatwick Express
- Southern
- Thameslink
- Overground
- London Overground
- Tram
- London Trams
130 mainstream schools
- Outstanding: 21 schools or 16%
- Good: 84 schools or 65%
- Primary schools: 100 (16 Outstanding, 64 Good)
- Secondary schools: 35 (4 Outstanding, 21 Good)
- State-funded: 109 schools or 84%
- Private: 16 schools or 12%
Flood risk
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