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Craigen Avenue

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75 recorded sales · median £279,995 · Croydon

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Croydon Council · Conservative mayor · council NOC, Labour largest 28/70 seats · 40% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

70/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£280k

median price

9.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£280k

median sold price

10.6 yrs

of local pay to buy

11 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

159

schools total

9.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

1,221

Violence — most

14.1

NO₂ · WHO 10

in a flood zone

151

green spaces

7.7

PM2.5 · WHO 5

709

eat & drink

229

shops

82.3%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£276,000 in 2006 → £550,000 in 2024

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Croydon, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £279,995. That's about 10.6× local earnings — around the 10.7× five-year average.

Sold price history

2024 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 75 sales£279,995

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay10.6× · five-year average 10.7×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership55%

Owned outright

24%

With a mortgage

31%

Private rented

26%

Social rented

18%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,600

Your band:

London Borough of Croydon£2,089

Greater London Authority£511

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,733

Band B£2,022

Band C£2,311

Band D (baseline)£2,600

Band E£3,178

Band F£3,755

Band G£4,333

Band H£5,200

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Croydon how Craigen Avenue compares · from Croydon

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Norbury +30.4%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Norbury	£510,000	+30.4%	134
Kent Gate	£350,000	+21%	33
Woodside	£431,500	+20.9%	181
Thornton Heath	£380,500	+20.1%	335
Coulsdon	£607,500	+18.7%	189
Kenley	£540,000	+18.7%	204
New Addington	£380,000	+16.8%	108
Waddon Marsh	£375,000	+15.4%	119
Forestdale	£335,000	+12.9%	143
Old Coulsdon	£535,000	+10.8%	104
Pollards Hill	£445,000	+10.8%	91
Selsdon	£525,000	+9%	176
Clockhouse	£525,000	+8.1%	43
Hamsey Green	£520,000	+6.7%	33
Broad Green	£315,000	+6.5%	269
Addiscombe	£422,750	+5.6%	440
Addington	£515,000	+5.3%	47
Sanderstead	£663,750	+5%	146
Monks Orchard	£445,000	+3.4%	96
Upper Norwood	£465,000	+2.8%	314
Shirley	£527,500	+1.9%	129
Waddon	£365,000	+1.4%	181
South Norwood	£345,000	+1.1%	360
Selhurst	£341,500	+0.9%	162
Croydon	£310,000	-0.6%	564
Purley	£410,000	-10.9%	387

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Craigen Avenue — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
2, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£585,000	Aug 2025
52 Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£566,000	Dec 2024
15 Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£540,000	May 2024
23 CRAIGEN AVENUE CROYDON	Terraced	—	—	£550,000	Jan 2024
17 Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£465,000	Apr 2023
27, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£588,000	Sep 2022
47 CRAIGEN AVENUE	Terraced	—	—	£544,500	Dec 2021
25 Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£570,000	Jun 2021
23 CRAIGEN AVENUE CROYDON	Terraced	—	—	£547,000	Jun 2021
1, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£465,000	Mar 2021
24, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£492,500	Jan 2021
57 CRAIGEN AVENUE	Terraced	—	—	£450,000	Apr 2020
38, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£460,000	Jul 2019
2, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£525,000	Nov 2018
32, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£510,000	Jan 2018
21, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£525,000	Jul 2017
23 CRAIGEN AVENUE CROYDON	Terraced	—	—	£503,000	Apr 2017
27, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£478,000	Jul 2016
55, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£426,000	Aug 2015
51, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£530,000	Mar 2015
9, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£407,000	Feb 2015
54, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£371,000	Oct 2014
40, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£420,000	Jul 2014
53, Craigen Avenue	Terraced	—	—	£385,000	May 2014

Show all sales ↓

24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Croydon

Crime runs at 9.5 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month9.5

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Croydon

Violence & sexual offences

1,221

Anti-social behaviour

798

Vehicle crime

353

Shoplifting

350

Other theft

253

Public order

191

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Croydon district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Croydon

Population390,719

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 5 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

4.3/10

Employment

4.7/10

Education & skills

6.0/10

Health & disability

5.9/10

Crime

4.8/10

Housing & services

4.6/10

Living environment

4.0/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Croydon — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+61%

Unemployment · economically active residents7.2%

Degree-level (Level 4+)41%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home55%

Median age37.7

Born outside the UK35%

See the full Croydon report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

80% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Trinity School	All-through	—	0.4 km
Oasis Academy Shirley Park	Secondary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.5 km
Millies Pre-School	Nursery	—	0.6 km
Sparkles Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.8 km
CCS Academy	Nursery	—	0.9 km
Kiddies Kottage Addiscombe	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.9 km
Masons Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Fennies Addiscombe Road	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary	Primary	—	1.0 km
CW King Fishers Day Nurseries Limited	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.0 km
Shirley High School Performing Arts College	Secondary	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Woodside Primary School	Primary	—	1.1 km
Loving Hands International Nursery School Ltd -Elgin Road	Nursery	—	1.1 km
Simply Kids UK Shirley Park	Nursery	—	1.1 km
St John's CofE Primary School	Primary	—	1.1 km
Alpha Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.1 km
Coloma Convent Girls' School	Secondary	Requires improvement ('21)	1.2 km
St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	1.3 km
Magdalene Preschool	Nursery	Good ('20)	1.3 km
Fennies Woodside	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.3 km
John Wood School & Nursery	Primary	—	1.4 km
The Butterfly Patch, Norman House	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.4 km
Ark Blake Academy	Secondary	Good ('23)	1.5 km
Mini Munchkins Preschool And Childcare Services	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.5 km
Harris Primary Academy Benson	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	1.5 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

14 of 14 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Shirley Clinic	Dentist	—	0.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.3 km
Shirley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Addiscombe Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Rosewood Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Croydon Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Ashburton Park Medical Centre	GP	—	0.6 km
Larchwood Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Stovell House Surgery	GP	—	0.8 km
Gentle Dental Care - Wickham Road	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Wickham Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Shirley Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Medibank Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Mona Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Hartland Way Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	1.3 km
Shirley Medical Centre	GP	—	1.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Greenchem Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
The Family Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Northway Road Surgery	GP	—	1.4 km
Morland Road Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	1.5 km
Addiscombe Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Portland Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	1.6 km
Dental Beauty Croydon	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Smile Dental Practice Croydon	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Country Park Practice	GP	Good ('23)	1.7 km
Denmark Road Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	1.7 km
Fishers Enmore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Orchard Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.7 km
East Croydon Medical Centre	GP	Good ('23)	1.7 km
Croychem	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
St James Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.1 km
Allcorn Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Selhurst Medical Centre	GP	—	2.2 km
Selhurst Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Whitgift Dental	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Elmers Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
E-Medicina	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Natureza Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.3 km
St. Clare Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Friends Road Medical Practice	GP	—	2.3 km
Allclear Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Colosseum Dental (Selhurst)	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Dental Solutions	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Fairfield Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Broom Road Medical Practice	GP	Good ('17)	2.5 km
Greenchem (Pharmacy)	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Lloyd George Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Birdhurst Medical Practice	GP	Good ('21)	2.5 km
Whitehorse Practice	GP	Good ('17)	2.5 km
Gentle Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Edridge Road Community H.C.	Dentist	Good ('23)	2.6 km
Edridge Road Community Health Centre	Dentist	Good ('23)	2.6 km
Park Lane Dental	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
St James' Practice	GP	—	2.7 km
Lotus Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Lancaster House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Croydon Orthodontic Practice	Dentist	—	2.7 km
A-Z Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Crown Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Eden Park Surgery	GP	Good ('24)	2.8 km
Wickham Park Surgery	GP	—	2.8 km
Greenside Group Practice	GP	—	2.8 km
West Croydon Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Croydon Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Swan Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Barkers Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
South Norwood Hill Medical Centre	GP	—	3.0 km
Rainbow Health Centre	GP	—	3.0 km
Thornton Heath Medical Centre	GP	—	3.1 km
Station Road Surgery	GP	—	3.4 km
Haling Park Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	3.4 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Croydon

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 11 min from Norwood Junction Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
East Croydon Rail Station	1.3 mi	London Bridge	13 min
Norwood Junction Rail Station	1.4 mi	London Bridge	11 min
Selhurst Rail Station	1.4 mi	London Victoria	16 min
Elmers End Rail Station	1.5 mi	London Bridge	22 min
South Croydon Rail Station	1.7 mi	London Bridge	18 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Norwood Junction Rail Station (11 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

38%

Drive

30%

Public transport

24%

Walk or cycle

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging15 points

Per 10,000 residents0.4

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Croydon

Air quality

NO₂

14.1

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.7

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1005%

Flood zone3% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)

Historic landfill78 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings181

Conservation areas22

Green belt25.3%

Green spaces151

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Croydon

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	709	89% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	229	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	50	—
Green spaces & parks	151	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

82.3%

Superfast

95.1%

Ultrafast

82.6%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Croydon

Figures for the wider Croydon — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate7.2%

In work (employment rate)61%

Companies registered here40,635

New incorporations (12m)5,565

Property companies (SPVs)5,349

See the full Croydon report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district