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Dickensons Lane

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72 recorded sales · median £140,000 · 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

£140k

median price

9.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£140k

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

£175,000 in 2003 → £357,500 in 2025

⌄ 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 £140,000. That's about 10.6× local earnings — around the 10.7× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 72 sales£140,000

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 Dickensons Lane 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 Dickensons Lane — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
21 Dickensons Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£500,000	Mar 2025
6, Dickensons Lane	Flat	—	—	£215,000	Jan 2025
8 Dickensons Lane	Flat	—	—	£170,000	Sep 2024
16 Dickensons Lane	Terraced	—	—	£300,000	Jun 2024
8 Dickensons Lane	Other	—	—	£177,000	May 2024
7 Dickensons Lane	Flat	—	—	£155,000	Mar 2024
31a Dickensons Lane	Flat	—	—	£222,500	Jun 2023
32, Dickensons Lane	Terraced	—	—	£587,000	Feb 2023
31, Dickensons Lane	Flat	—	—	£253,000	Nov 2022
39 DICKENSONS LANE South Norwood	Terraced	—	—	£600,000	May 2022
37 DICKENSONS LANE	Terraced	—	—	£590,000	Apr 2022
41 DICKENSONS LANE South Norwood	Terraced	—	—	£590,000	Feb 2022
35 DICKENSONS LANE	Terraced	—	—	£590,000	Feb 2022
34, Dickensons Lane	Terraced	—	—	£490,000	Nov 2021
43 DICKENSONS LANE South Norwood	Terraced	—	—	£600,000	Nov 2021
39 DICKENSONS LANE South Norwood	Other	—	—	£1,025,000	Nov 2020
18, Dickensons Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£358,000	Jun 2020
25, Dickensons Lane	Terraced	—	—	£330,000	Sep 2019
19a, Dickensons Lane	Terraced	—	—	£515,000	Jul 2019
21 Dickensons Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£445,000	Apr 2019
19, Dickensons Lane	Terraced	—	—	£500,000	Jan 2019
20, Dickensons Lane	Terraced	—	—	£525,000	Jan 2019
17, Dickensons Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£370,000	Oct 2017
1 DICKENSONS LANE	Flat	—	—	£280,000	Sep 2017

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

75% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

3 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 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
St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	0.1 km
Alpha Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.2 km
The Mulberry Kindergarten	Nursery	Good ('21)	0.4 km
Woodside Primary School	Primary	—	0.5 km
Bambinos Day Nursery LTD	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.5 km
Simply Kids UK Shirley Park	Nursery	—	0.6 km
Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary	Primary	—	0.7 km
CCS Academy	Nursery	—	0.7 km
Kiddies Kottage Addiscombe	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.7 km
Oasis Academy Ryelands	Primary	—	0.7 km
Oasis Academy Shirley Park	Secondary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.8 km
John Wood School & Nursery	Primary	—	0.8 km
Robert Fitzroy Academy	Primary	—	0.8 km
Davidson Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.8 km
South Norwood Primary	Primary	Good ('23)	0.8 km
Oasis Academy Arena	Secondary	Requires improvement ('23)	0.9 km
Little Pumpkins Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.9 km
Millies Pre-School	Nursery	—	1.0 km
Monmar Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.0 km
Heavers Farm Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.1 km
Bright Futures 4 All C.I.C	Nursery	—	1.1 km
Davidson Pre-School at Heavers Farm	Nursery	—	1.1 km
Little Lee's Childcare	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.1 km
Mini Munchkins Preschool And Childcare Services	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.1 km
St Chad's Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	1.1 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 0.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS

13 of 13 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
The Family Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Medibank Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Portland Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	0.5 km
Country Park Practice	GP	Good ('23)	0.6 km
Denmark Road Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	0.6 km
Fishers Enmore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Northway Road Surgery	GP	—	0.6 km
Ashburton Park Medical Centre	GP	—	0.6 km
Rosewood Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Addiscombe Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Croydon Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Larchwood Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Stovell House Surgery	GP	—	1.1 km
Morland Road Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	1.1 km
Natureza Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Colosseum Dental (Selhurst)	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Greenchem Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Selhurst Medical Centre	GP	—	1.3 km
Shirley Clinic	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Selhurst Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Addiscombe Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Croychem	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Shirley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Orchard Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Lancaster House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.6 km
St James Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	1.7 km
Allcorn Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Dental Beauty Croydon	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Smile Dental Practice Croydon	Dentist	—	1.8 km
South Norwood Hill Medical Centre	GP	—	1.8 km
East Croydon Medical Centre	GP	Good ('23)	1.8 km
Whitehorse Practice	GP	Good ('17)	1.9 km
Lloyd George Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Thornton Heath Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Gentle Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Gentle Dental Care - Wickham Road	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Thornton Heath Medical Centre	GP	—	2.1 km
Thornton Heath Health Centre	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Wickham Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Prescription Counter	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Shirley Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.1 km
E-Medicina	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Mona Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Elmers Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
St James' Practice	GP	—	2.2 km
Tt Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Lotus Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Shirley Medical Centre	GP	—	2.3 km
Hartland Way Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	2.3 km
St. Clare Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Allclear Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Eden Park Surgery	GP	Good ('24)	2.4 km
Greenside Group Practice	GP	—	2.4 km
Crown Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Anerley Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	2.4 km
Dental Solutions	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Whitgift Dental	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Rainbow Health Centre	GP	—	2.4 km
United Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Auckland Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	2.5 km
Your Family Practice	GP	Good ('19)	2.5 km
Friends Road Medical Practice	GP	—	2.5 km
West Croydon Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.5 km
D O'Connor & Associates Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Parchmore Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.6 km
Arcades Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Mersham Medical Centre	GP	—	2.6 km
Brigstock Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.6 km
London Road Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.7 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
Norwood Junction Rail Station	0.6 mi	London Bridge	11 min
Selhurst Rail Station	0.8 mi	London Victoria	16 min
Elmers End Rail Station	1.2 mi	London Bridge	22 min
Birkbeck Rail Station	1.3 mi	London Bridge	35 min
East Croydon Rail Station	1.3 mi	London Bridge	13 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