Is CR0 2QB a good place to live?
Croydon (CR0 2QB), Croydon, England
View CR0 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 20 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
CR0 2QB has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 92 nearby (20 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.5 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 20 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
CR0 2QB is a UK postcode in CR0 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 20 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Selhurst, 0.5 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around CR0 2QB include 5 supermarkets, 5 parks and 1 gym. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.4 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
It ranks in the top 25% for safety within CR0.
Overall score
Excellent overall profile, averaged across five dimensions.
Each dimension is scored from 0 to 100 based on the underlying data for this postcode. Safety is scaled from the 0-5 rating used elsewhere on the page.
Per-dimension breakdown
- Safety
- 5/5 — Excellent
- Schools
- 72/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 83/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
CR0 2QB is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
Within CR0, this postcode ranks 16 of 2774 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- CR0 district average
- 440 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near CR0 2QB
92 schools near CR0 2QB, including 20 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 74 primary schools (17 Outstanding, 49 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) and 18 secondary schools (3 Outstanding, 9 Good and 2 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
CR0 2QB has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 5 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces and 1 gym or fitness studio.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Lidl, 0.3 miles away.
Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground is just 0.2 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Lidl0.3 mi
- Foodland Supermarket0.4 mi
- Welcome Newhurst0.5 mi
- Tesco0.5 mi
- Grace Afro-Caribbean Supermarket0.6 mi
Parks & green space
- Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground0.2 mi
- Wilford Road Recreation Ground0.3 mi
- King George's Field0.5 mi
- Heavers Meadow0.7 mi
- Whitehorse Meadow0.8 mi
Transportation
Selhurst is the closest station, about 0.5 miles from CR0 2QB - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Thornton Heath (0.5 mi), West Croydon (0.9 mi).
In total there are 3 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Selhurst0.5 mi
- Thornton Heath0.5 mi
- West Croydon0.9 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.
Housing
We did not find enough recent housing transactions to summarise prices.
HM Land Registry data did not return transactions for this postcode in the search window. This usually means a very small number of homes, not that prices are unavailable overall.
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