# CR2 6PY: area report for a postcode in Croydon

CR2 6PY is a postcode in Croydon.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Croydon. Open the map at CR2 6PY for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon) › [CR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cr2) › [CR2 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cr2-6)

## Around this postcode

- **77 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 9% on July. Croydon 029B: 213 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY
- **South Croydon, 220 m**: About 3 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY
- **9 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 260 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY
- **No property in CR2 6PY listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY
- **England’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Croydon 029B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY
- **£390,041 average price**: For the whole of Croydon, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 470 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 200 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at CR2 6PY**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY
- **Loud road and rail noise at CR2 6PY**: Road 66 dB, rail 50 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY
- **11.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Elmhurst School Ltd](https://openindex.co.uk/school/elmhurst-school-ltd-e101831) | Independent | 260 m (3 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Harris Primary Academy Haling Park](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harris-primary-academy-haling-park-e140208) | Primary | 280 m (4 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, September 2023 | 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Whitgift School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitgift-school-e101837) | Independent | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Heathfield Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heathfield-academy-e140435) | Primary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, July 2025 | 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Howard Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/howard-primary-school-e101725) | Primary | 560 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Peter's Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-primary-school-e144065) | Primary | 580 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Croydon Metropolitan College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/croydon-metropolitan-college-e137567) | Independent | 610 m (8 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Aspire Learning](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aspire-learning-e149444) | Special | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2026 | £315,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| July 2026 | £420,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| August 2025 | £410,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| November 2025 | £395,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| September 2025 | £380,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| October 2025 | £390,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| January 2023 | £460,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| June 2024 | £400,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: South Croydon (220 m, 3 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: BIRDHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE (470 m); HALING PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE (510 m); VIOLET LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE (870 m)
- Pharmacies: SWAN PHARMACY (320 m); CROYDON PHARMACY (550 m)
- Dental practices: CROYDON ORTHODONTIC PRACTICE (190 m); HEATHFIELD DENTAL CLINIC (300 m); PARK LANE DENTAL (790 m); HALING PARK ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (800 m); MISS C MCCARTHY & MISS M MCCARTHY (910 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Croydon - Brighton Road Local (200 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Croydon South End Express (300 m, Tesco); Co-op London - South End (570 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £390,041** (July 2026). Croydon’s average house price was £390,041 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 3.4% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £44,326** (2025). Full-time workers living in Croydon earned a median of £44,326 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 60th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.8×** (2025). A home in Croydon costs 8.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 96th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 22.6** (2025). Croydon has a deprivation score of 22.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 106th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Croydon 029B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 26.3** (2025). Croydon 029B has a deprivation score of 26.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,282nd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £390,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Croydon 029B was £390,000 in 2025. Joint 9,167th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,536** (2021). Croydon 029B had 1,536 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,561st most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.8%** (January 2026). In Croydon 029B, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## CR2 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £465,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CR2 was £465,000 in 2025. Joint 373rd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 50,723** (2021). CR2 had 50,723 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 197th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in CR2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.8%** (January 2026). In CR2, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon)
- Centre: 51.3614, -0.0955

Council: [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Croydon South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/croydon-south): Chris Philp (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.0955,51.3614,CR26PY

## How to cite

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