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Smitham Bottom Lane

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153 recorded sales · median £505,000 · 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

£505k

median price

9.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£505k

median sold price

10.6 yrs

of local pay to buy

20 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

£745,000 in 2010 → £880,000 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 £505,000. That's about 10.6× local earnings — around the 10.7× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 153 sales£505,000

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 Smitham Bottom 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 Smitham Bottom Lane — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
29 Smitham Bottom Lane	Detached	—	—	£880,000	Jun 2025
3a, Smitham Bottom Lane	Detached	—	—	£859,500	Mar 2025
29a Smitham Bottom Lane	Detached	—	—	£1,100,000	Feb 2025
Flat 3 Serran Court 14a Smitham Bottom Lane	Flat	—	—	£360,000	Sep 2024
SERRAN COURT, 14A SMITHAM BOTTOM LANE	Terraced	—	—	£585,000	Aug 2024
SERRAN COURT, 14A SMITHAM BOTTOM LANE	Terraced	—	—	£630,000	Aug 2024
SERRAN COURT, 14A SMITHAM BOTTOM LANE	Terraced	—	—	£600,000	Aug 2024
Flat 6 Serran Court 14a Smitham Bottom Lane	Flat	—	—	£325,000	Aug 2024
Flat 5 Serran Court 14a Smitham Bottom Lane	Flat	—	—	£310,000	Aug 2024
Flat 4 Serran Court 14a Smitham Bottom Lane	Flat	—	—	£380,000	Aug 2024
Flat 2 Serran Court 14a Smitham Bottom Lane	Flat	—	—	£390,000	Aug 2024
Flat 1 Serran Court 14a Smitham Bottom Lane	Flat	—	—	£405,000	Aug 2024
66 Smitham Bottom Lane	Detached	—	—	£850,000	Dec 2022
Flat 5, Highgate House 35a Smitham Bottom Lane	Flat	—	—	£458,000	Oct 2022
10a Smitham Bottom Lane	Detached	—	—	£1,285,000	Sep 2022
15 SMITHAM BOTTOM LANE PURLEY	Semi-detached	—	—	£945,000	Aug 2022
Flat 9, Highgate House 35a Smitham Bottom Lane	Flat	—	—	£465,000	May 2022
Flat 7, Highgate House 35a Smitham Bottom Lane	Flat	—	—	£447,500	May 2022
72 SMITHAM BOTTOM LANE	Detached	—	—	£970,000	May 2022
Flat 1, Highgate House 35a Smitham Bottom Lane	Flat	—	—	£550,000	Apr 2022
Flat 6, Highgate House 35a Smitham Bottom Lane	Flat	—	—	£490,000	Mar 2022
78 Smitham Bottom Lane	Detached	—	—	£815,000	Mar 2022
40 Smitham Bottom Lane	Detached	—	—	£1,222,500	Feb 2022
WOODCOTE RESERVOIR SMITHAM BOTTOM LANE	Other	—	—	£1,300,000	Feb 2022

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

100% of the 2 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

2 of 2 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 2 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
Cumnor House School	Primary	—	0.3 km
Brightsparks Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.4 km
Woodcote High School	Secondary	—	0.5 km
Woodcote Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.7 km
Laleham Lea School	Primary	—	1.1 km
Purley Children's Nursery	Nursery	—	1.1 km
The John Fisher School	Secondary	—	1.2 km
St David's School	Primary	—	1.3 km
Monkey Puzzle Purley	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.3 km
Wallington High School for Girls	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.5 km
Bright Horizons Coulsdon Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.6 km
Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.7 km
Thomas More Catholic School	Secondary	—	1.7 km
Superstar Campz Thomas More	Nursery	—	1.7 km
Russell Hill Road Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.7 km
Beaumont Primary School	Primary	—	1.8 km
Little Learners Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('20)	1.8 km
Purley Day Nursery & Montessori Centre	Nursery	—	1.9 km
Bluebells Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.9 km
CW King Fishers Day Nurseries Limited	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.9 km
Whytebeams	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.0 km
Sunflowers Pre-school at Amy Johnson Children's Centre	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.0 km
Wallington Primary Academy	Primary	Good ('22)	2.0 km
Little Raccoons Day Nursery (Coulsdon)	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.0 km
Woodmansterne Primary School	Primary	—	2.1 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 1.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.3 km
NHS ODS

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

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Dental Beauty Orthodontics Purley	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Foxley Lane Dental Practice	Dentist	Good ('23)	1.2 km
Purley Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Woodcote Medical	GP	—	1.3 km
Foxley Lane Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Bramley Avenue Surgery	GP	—	1.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Idh Ltd	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Infohealth Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
149 Brighton Road (Dental Practice)	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Orion Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
The Family Dental Practice Management Ltd	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Jones And Lewis	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Purley Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Keston Medical Practice	GP	Good ('17)	1.9 km
Hobbs Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Valley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Purley Community Health Clinic	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Woodcote Dental Practice Ltd	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Shotfield Health Centre	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Shotfield Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	2.5 km
Wallington Family Practice	GP	—	2.5 km
Kamsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Bupa Dental Care Uk Wallington	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Rxlive Limited	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
He Matthews Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
First Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Wallington Smiles	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Riddlesdown Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Manor Practice	GP	Good ('17)	3.0 km
Pagets Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Kenley Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Zina Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Blue Dental	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Park Road Medical Centre	GP	—	3.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Banstead Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Glory Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Beeches Surgery	GP	—	3.3 km
Maldon Road Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	3.3 km
Time For Teeth Hmp Downview	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Time For Teeth Hmp High Down	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Mccoig Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.4 km
Parkside Group Practice	GP	Good ('17)	3.4 km
Makepeace & Jackson	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Park Lane Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Lafford Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Violet Lane Medical Practice	GP	Good ('19)	3.6 km
Old Coulsdon Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	3.6 km
Holmes Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Longcroft Clinic	GP	—	3.7 km
Haling Park Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	3.8 km
Sutton Medical Centre	GP	—	4.0 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Wrythe Green Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	4.5 km
Mulgrave Road Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	4.6 km
Birdhurst Medical Practice	GP	Good ('21)	4.7 km
Old Court House Surgery	GP	—	4.8 km
Hackbridge Medical Centre	GP	—	4.8 km
Benhill & Belmont Gp Centre	GP	Good ('17)	4.9 km
Robin Hood Lane Health Centre	GP	—	4.9 km
Grove Road Practice	GP	—	4.9 km
Chesser Practice	GP	—	5.1 km
Friends Road Medical Practice	GP	—	5.1 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 20 min from Coulsdon South Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Reedham (Surrey) Rail Station	0.8 mi	—	no direct train
Coulsdon Town Rail Station	1.0 mi	—	no direct train
Purley Rail Station	1.2 mi	London Bridge	21 min
Woodmansterne Rail Station	1.3 mi	—	no direct train
Coulsdon South Rail Station	1.4 mi	London Bridge	20 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Coulsdon South Rail Station (20 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