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SE25

Postcode district

Postcode district covering South Norwood, Woodside and Selhurst, in Croydon.

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 SE25 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 SE25, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£409,000
565th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
36,719
566th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How SE25 compares

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

SE25Middle
Median sale price28 postcode districts, SE · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SE28 areas from £355,000 to £724,000. The middle area is £478,950. SE25 is £409,000.
£409,0003rd cheapest
Population29 postcode districts, SE · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SE29 areas from 211 to 85,333. The middle area is 30,914. SE25 is 36,719.
36,71910th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage29 postcode districts, SE · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SE29 areas from 43.8% to 96.6%. The middle area is 90.5%. SE25 is 92.2%.
92.2%joint 11th highest
Claimant rate28 postcode districts, SE · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in SE28 areas from 3.6% to 8.2%. The middle area is 6.1%. SE25 is 6.8%.
6.8%joint 7th highest

Is SE25 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE25 at a rate of 94.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across SE.

In August 2026 alone, 293 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE25.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,174), anti-social behaviour (733) and other crime (538).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE25 was 101.1 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 SE25, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE25 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in SE25

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Croydon 006C1,70457.9 per 1,000695.3%
Croydon 007A2,039191.6 per 1,000384.9%
Croydon 007B1,69986.0 per 1,000597.1%
Croydon 007D1,92368.5 per 1,000597.9%
Croydon 007E1,75889.7 per 1,000398.1%
Croydon 008A1,27439.5 per 1,000392.2%
Croydon 008B1,934107.7 per 1,000391.6%
Croydon 008C1,827135.4 per 1,000284.2%
Croydon 008D2,072139.2 per 1,000270.8%
Croydon 008E1,585145.2 per 1,000494.4%
Croydon 010D1,752159.8 per 1,000494.8%
Croydon 013C2,01759.4 per 1,000393.5%
Croydon 013D2,00695.5 per 1,000399.9%
Croydon 014B1,70280.9 per 1,000492.5%
Croydon 014C1,68374.4 per 1,000389.8%
Croydon 014D1,95971.6 per 1,000398.7%
Croydon 045B1,21879.2 per 1,000698.3%
Croydon 045C1,55255.5 per 1,000599.1%
Croydon 045D1,61583.1 per 1,000699.7%

MPs for SE25

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 SE254

Postcode sectors in SE254

Council1

Towns in SE251

Postcode districts next to SE255

Nearest rail stations4

More in the SE postcode area2

SE25 in brief

SE25 is a postcode district covering South Norwood, Woodside and Selhurst, in Croydon.

About 37,654 people lived in SE25 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £409,000 in 2025 across 413 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SE25 was £409,000 in 2025.

SE25 had 36,719 usual residents at the census.

In SE25, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In SE25, 6.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.