Croydon

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:28

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

43US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Honor Oak Park, United Kingdom

• 8.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

468 reported · August 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour121
• Violence & sexual offences117
• Shoplifting72
• Vehicle crime41

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: South Croydon · Metropolitan

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

937 reported road collisions (2025)

150 killed or seriously injured · 1,067 casualties · 24 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 413 rated 4–5 ★ (310 top)
• 26 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: South Croydon (0.5 km)
• 41 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£396,718 average▼ 1.5% YoY

Across Croydon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,582 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,265
• 2 bed £1,573
• 3 bed £1,858

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,567 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Dornton Road (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches48
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

390,719 residents in Croydon · 4,516/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK32,080
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK36,566
• Net moves−4,486

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 105 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,600 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 168,250)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

158 schools · 63,165 pupils

87 primary · 23 secondary · 48 other

Ofsted: 47 of 56 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

127 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Croydon

487 CQC-registered services

• Care homes129
• GP practices72
• Dentists89
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Croydon

• Not in the Green Belt
• 53 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

418 applications decided

74.6% granted · 312 granted, 106 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Chris Philp

Conservative

Croydon South

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 30
• Con 28
• LD 2
• Grn 8
• Ref 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools29
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés101

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,237 jobs advertised · £42,947 avg

e.g. Generator Engineer, Class 1 Driver Royal Mail, Bench Joiner & Site Installer

Source: Adzuna

£856 median full-time weekly pay

6.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,407 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 182,880 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

44% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Wind 34% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

224 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 67.5 women · 66.7 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in CR2

• Farley Road Medical Practice
• Queenhill Medical Practice
• Parkside Group Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Croydon South:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND225 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death200 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks156 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities154 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills153 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Spencer Road Halt railway station · 0.2 km

  Spencer Road Halt railway station was a halt on the Woodside and South Croydon Railway opened in 1906 and closed on 15 March 1915.

• Croydon poisonings · 0.2 km

  The Croydon poisonings were a series of unsolved murders by arsenic poisoning that took place in Croydon, Surrey, in 1928–1929. Three relatives all consumed lethal amounts of arsenic, but despite investigation and pot…

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  Rutherford School · 0.5 km

  Rutherford School is an independent special school for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) aged 3–19 that aims to provide inclusive education to learners whose very special needs are compoun…

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  Selsdon railway station · 0.5 km

  Selsdon railway station was at the junction of the Croydon, Oxted and East Grinstead Railway and the now-closed Woodside and South Croydon Joint Railway. Opened in 1885 as Selsdon Road, it was 2 miles (3.2 km) from Se…

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  Elmhurst School, Croydon · 0.5 km

  Elmhurst School is a private 11+ preparatory and pre-preparatory school for children aged 3–11 years located in South Croydon, England. It is the successor to two schools both founded in 1869.

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  South Croydon (ward) · 0.5 km

  South Croydon is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, London in the United Kingdom, covering part of the Croham Hurst and South Croydon.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)