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Founders Gardens

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41 recorded sales · median £206,500 · 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

£207k

median price

9.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£207k

median sold price

10.6 yrs

of local pay to buy

16 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

£62,000 in 1996 → £350,000 in 2019

⌄ 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 £206,500. That's about 10.6× local earnings — around the 10.7× five-year average.

Sold price history

2019 · 4 sales

Median sold price · median of all 41 sales£206,500

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 Founders Gardens 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 Founders Gardens — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
6 Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£400,000	Jun 2025
5, Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£455,000	Dec 2023
7 Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£315,000	Apr 2023
7 Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£270,000	Feb 2023
3 Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£350,000	Nov 2019
1, Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£357,500	Apr 2019
12, Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£350,000	Mar 2019
6 Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£340,000	Mar 2019
8 Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£342,000	Dec 2018
22, Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£345,000	Nov 2018
17 FOUNDERS GARDENS	Flat	—	—	£365,000	Aug 2018
16, Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£359,000	Jun 2017
5, Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£340,000	Mar 2016
17 FOUNDERS GARDENS	Flat	—	—	£349,995	Nov 2015
4 Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£320,000	Jun 2015
15 FOUNDERS GARDENS	Flat	—	—	£208,000	Mar 2013
8 Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£218,950	Feb 2013
23, Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£192,000	Jan 2013
21, Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£206,500	Oct 2012
11, Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£180,000	Jul 2012
6 Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£217,500	Mar 2012
3 Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£210,000	Feb 2012
8 Founders Gardens	Flat	—	—	£190,000	Jul 2010
17 FOUNDERS GARDENS	Flat	—	—	£210,000	Apr 2010

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
The Ark Montessori Nursery	Nursery	—	0.3 km
Downsview Primary and Nursery School	Primary	—	0.4 km
Harris Academy Beulah Hill	Secondary	—	0.5 km
St Joseph's RC Junior School	Primary	—	0.5 km
First Step Day Nursery Limited	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.6 km
Witty Kiddies Upper Norwood	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.6 km
St Joseph's RC Infant School	Primary	—	0.6 km
Rockmount Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.6 km
The Norwood School	Secondary	Good ('23)	0.6 km
Fidelis College	All-through	—	0.7 km
The New School	All-through	—	0.7 km
My Own Tutor Fidelis	Nursery	—	0.7 km
St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy	Primary	Requires improvement ('24)	0.7 km
St Joseph's College	Secondary	Good ('20)	0.8 km
Shining Stars Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.8 km
All Saints CofE Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.9 km
Norwood Grove Pre School	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.9 km
David Livingstone Academy	Primary	—	1.0 km
Norbury Hill Cubs Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Crown Lane Primary School	Primary	—	1.0 km
Stem Montessori Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.1 km
St Luke's Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.1 km
Blossom Time Montessori Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.1 km
Crystal Palace Rainbow Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Partou Chapel House Day Nursery & Pre-School	Nursery	Inadequate ('25)	1.2 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 1.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS

17 of 17 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
North Wood Group Practice	GP	Good ('19)	0.6 km
Klub Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Pascoe Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Upper Norwood Group Practice	GP	Good ('17)	1.0 km
Dentistry On Gipsy Hill	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Beulah Hill Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Sefgrove Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Zeefah Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
The Mindful Dentist	Dentist	—	1.2 km
132 Knights Hill (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Crystal Palace Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Dulwich Wood Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Mersham Medical Centre	GP	—	1.4 km
Auckland Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	1.5 km
Thompsons Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Wilkes Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Paxton Green Group Practice	GP	—	1.7 km
Wai C Yeap And Associates	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Knights Hill Surgery Suite 1	GP	Good ('17)	1.7 km
Hamlet Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Parchmore Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	1.8 km
Arcades Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Streatham High Rd Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Minty Pearls Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Bids Chemists	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Valley Road Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	2.0 km
South Norwood Hill Medical Centre	GP	—	2.0 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Copes Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Fairview Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.0 km
London Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Streatham Common Practice	GP	—	2.0 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Adarshi Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Jazz Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Dulwich Orthodontic Centre	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Thornton Heath Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Thornton Heath Medical Centre	GP	—	2.2 km
Thornton Heath Health Centre	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.2 km
The Old Dairy Health Centre	GP	Good ('23)	2.2 km
The Orthodontic Suite	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Dulwich Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Norbury Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Prescription Counter	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Norbury Medical Practice	GP	Good ('17)	2.2 km
Your Family Practice	GP	Good ('19)	2.3 km
Community Health South London N	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Warwick Gardens Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.3 km
The Deerbrook Surgery	GP	Good ('21)	2.4 km
Elmcourt Health Centre	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Norwood Road Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Elmcourt Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Lancaster House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Oakfield Surgery	GP	Good ('20)	2.4 km
The Park Practice	GP	Good ('21)	2.4 km
Kamsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
D O'Connor & Associates Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Norwood Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Brigstock Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Leander Family Practice	GP	Good ('17)	2.4 km
Cranston Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Shacklock Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Brigstock Medical Practice	GP	—	2.6 km
Brigstock Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
At Medics Streatham Pcn Ea Hub	GP	—	2.6 km
Streatham High Practice	GP	—	2.6 km
The Exchange Surgery	GP	Good ('24)	2.6 km
Anerley Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	2.6 km
Prentis Medical Centre	GP	Good ('23)	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 22 min from West Norwood Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Gipsy Hill Rail Station	0.8 mi	London Victoria	25 min
West Norwood Rail Station	1.0 mi	London Victoria	22 min
Crystal Palace Rail Station	1.1 mi	London Bridge	25 min
Norbury Rail Station	1.1 mi	London Victoria	22 min
Thornton Heath Rail Station	1.3 mi	London Victoria	25 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from West Norwood Rail Station (22 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