Croydon

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• Today: 10° / 5° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:27

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Tooting High Street, 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

1277 reported · August 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences357
• Anti-social behaviour316
• Shoplifting141
• Other theft97

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Selhurst · 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

• 392 rated 4–5 ★ (291 top)
• 40 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: West Croydon (0.5 km)
• 72 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)

29 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

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

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms9
• Sports pitches27
• Playgrounds19

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
• 52 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

Sarah Jones

Labour

Croydon West

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)

• Schools32
• GPs & clinics11
• Pharmacies14
• Supermarkets19
• Parks & greens30
• Restaurants & cafés210

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

59% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Gas 40% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 7%

165 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

21 GP surgeries · 29 pharmacies in CR0

• New Addington Group Practice
• Violet Lane Medical Practice
• Northway Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Croydon West:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND126 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after121 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks116 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities102 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases83 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  The Island, Croydon · 0.2 km

  The Island is a residential skyscraper in the London Borough of Croydon, London. In 2018, the building's 17th-floor penthouse apartment was described as the "most expensive flat in Croydon".

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  St Mary's Church, Croydon · 0.4 km

  St Mary's Church or Our Lady of Reparation Church is a Catholic Parish church in Croydon. It was built from 1863 to 1864 and designed by E. W. Pugin and Frederick Walters. It is architecturally in the Gothic Revival s…

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  St Mary's Catholic High School, Croydon · 0.4 km

  St. Mary's Roman Catholic High School is a co-educational, 11-19 secondary school in Croydon, England.

• Harris Invictus Academy Croydon · 0.5 km

  Harris Invictus Academy Croydon is an 11–18 mixed, free secondary school and sixth form in Croydon, Greater London, England. It was established in September 2014 and is part of the Harris Federation.

• Croydon Co-operative Society · 0.5 km

  The Croydon Co-operative Society was a cooperative retailer in Croydon and surrounding parts of Surrey, England. In 1918, it became part of the new South Suburban Co-operative Society, now the Co-operative Group.

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  Saffron Square · 0.5 km

  Saffron Square is a town square and a skyscraper in Croydon, South London, England. The purple and red Saffron Tower is currently the second-tallest building in Croydon.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)