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CR5

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Coulsdon and Chipstead, in Croydon and Reigate and Banstead.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CR5 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In CR5, 87.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£545,000
208th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
32,044
808th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
87.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How CR5 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

CR5Middle
Median sale price8 postcode districts, CR · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in CR8 areas from £382,700 to £566,500. The middle area is £461,875. CR5 is £545,000.
£545,0002nd most expensive
Population10 postcode districts, CR · 2021
Population: every postcode district in CR10 areas from 231 to 169,713. The middle area is 32,825. CR5 is 32,044.
32,0445th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage10 postcode districts, CR · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in CR10 areas from 79.0% to 97.3%. The middle area is 87.9%. CR5 is 87.1%.
87.1%5th lowest
Claimant rate8 postcode districts, CR · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in CR8 areas from 2.5% to 8.6%. The middle area is 4.3%. CR5 is 3.4%.
3.4%3rd lowest

Is CR5 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CR5 at a rate of 58.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 98.1 per 1,000 people across CR.

In August 2026 alone, 167 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CR5.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (638), anti-social behaviour (377) and other crime (281).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CR5 was 56.5 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in CR5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CR5 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in CR5

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Croydon 038D1,45663.5 per 1,0001098.2%
Croydon 041A1,49384.6 per 1,000489.6%
Croydon 041B1,75864.4 per 1,000887.3%
Croydon 041C2,597135.5 per 1,000588.0%
Croydon 043A1,64933.6 per 1,0001092.9%
Croydon 043B1,34045.6 per 1,000899.8%
Croydon 043C1,34948.2 per 1,0001099.6%
Croydon 043D1,88150.9 per 1,000791.1%
Croydon 043E2,91044.1 per 1,0001089.0%
Croydon 044A1,64945.1 per 1,0001092.8%
Croydon 044B1,46023.8 per 1,0001080.6%
Croydon 044C1,65362.1 per 1,000997.7%
Croydon 044D1,35776.1 per 1,000284.7%
Croydon 044E1,48237.1 per 1,000983.9%
Reigate and Banstead 004C1,66058.0 per 1,000971.6%
Reigate and Banstead 004D1,48037.7 per 1,0001065.9%
Reigate and Banstead 004E2,74954.0 per 1,000771.3%
Sutton 024D1,71458.2 per 1,000596.4%

MPs for CR5

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

Middle areas in CR54

Postcode sectors in CR54

Councils CR5 covers2

Towns in CR52

Postcode districts next to CR56

Nearest rail stations4

More in the CR postcode area2

CR5 in brief

CR5 is a postcode district covering Coulsdon and Chipstead, in Croydon and Reigate and Banstead.

About 33,230 people lived in CR5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £545,000 in 2025 across 379 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in CR5 was £545,000 in 2025.

CR5 had 32,044 usual residents at the census.

In CR5, 87.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In CR5, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.