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Croy (North Lanarkshire)

Croy (North Lanarkshire) is a town or village in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, with around 1 pharmacy, 4 supermarkets, and 9 restaurants and cafés, 28 bus stops, and the nearest railway station at Croy, 0.5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Croy (North Lanarkshire) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Lanarkshire area is more deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
North Lanarkshire
County
Dunbartonshire
Constituency
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

15°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 18° / 10° · 83% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:44

13h 4m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

4US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Falkirk Haggs, United Kingdom

Road safety

206 reported road collisions (2024)

89 killed or seriously injured · 255 casualties · 6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

193 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 181 passed
  • 7 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Croy (0.5 km)
  • 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Croy (0.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£156,446 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across North Lanarkshire · to 2026-06

Detached£322,772
Semi-detached£185,168
Terraced£144,494
Flat£90,913

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (11.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (11.7 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

24 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Croy Park and Ride (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches17
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: North Lanarkshire Council

Population

343,930 residents in North Lanarkshire

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in Scotland

13% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 34% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

45 jobs advertised · £55,161 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Site Agent / Senior Site Agent, Become a Psychology Tutor in Croy (North Lanarkshire) – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£775 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,381 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Smithstone, Cumbernauld · 0.4 km

    Smithstone is an area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. Versions of the name are recorded in the vicinity from the mid fourteenth century onwards. The area was originally a farm and the first Ordnance Survey map show…

  • Croy railway station · 0.5 km

    Croy railway station serves the village of Croy – as well as the nearby town of Kilsyth and parts of Cumbernauld – in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, 11+1⁄2 mil…

  • Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch · 0.6 km

    Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and part of Strathkelvin…

  • Croy, North Lanarkshire · 0.7 km

    Croy is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. A former mining community, Croy is situated south of Kilsyth and north of Cumbernauld, some 13 miles (21 km) from Glasgow and 37 miles (60 km) from Edinburgh on the ma…

  • Broadwood Stadium · 0.8 km

    Broadwood Stadium is a multi-use community stadium and sports complex in the Westfield area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. The stadium is currently the home of Scottish League One side Hamilton Academical, as well…

  • Auchinstarry · 1.1 km

    Auchinstarry is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, near to Kilsyth. It is the site of a Roman fort.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Croy (North Lanarkshire)?
Croy (North Lanarkshire) is a town in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, in the North Lanarkshire local authority.
How deprived is Croy (North Lanarkshire)?
The North Lanarkshire local authority, which includes Croy (North Lanarkshire), is more deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.