Is CR0 7AU a good place to live?
Croydon (CR0 7AU), Croydon, England
View CR0 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is average. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
CR0 7AU has a mix of strengths and trade-offs.
- Safety score: 3/5 (below average)
- Schools: 96 nearby (22 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.8 mi
Summary
Overall livability is average. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
CR0 7AU is a UK postcode in CR0 with a very high crime rate and a lower safety rating. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Norwood Junction, 0.8 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around CR0 7AU include 5 supermarkets, 5 parks and 1 gym. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.2 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 18 incidents were reported in CR0 7AU. It ranks 2363 of 2774 for safety within CR0.
Overall score
Good 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
- 3/5 — Below average
- Schools
- 73/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 83/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 65/100 — Good
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
CR0 7AU is rated 3/5 for safety, below average for its area.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 18 incidents were reported in CR0 7AU.
The most common categories are Violent crime (56%), Anti-social behaviour (17%), Drugs (11%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within CR0, this postcode ranks 2363 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 7AU
96 schools near CR0 7AU, including 22 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 75 primary schools (18 Outstanding, 52 Good and 2 Requires Improvement) and 21 secondary schools (4 Outstanding, 10 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
CR0 7AU 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 Tesco Express, 0.5 miles away.
Ashburton Park is just 0.2 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Tesco Express0.5 mi
- Spar0.7 mi
- Tesco0.9 mi
- ALDI0.9 mi
- Unknown Supermarket1.0 mi
Parks & green space
- Ashburton Park0.2 mi
- Woodside Green0.3 mi
- Ashburton Playing Fields0.4 mi
- Addiscombe Railway Park0.6 mi
- South Norwood Country Park0.7 mi
Transportation
Norwood Junction is the closest station, about 0.8 miles from CR0 7AU - a short drive or cycle.
Other nearby stations include Elmers End (0.9 mi).
In total there are 2 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Norwood Junction0.8 mi
- Elmers End0.9 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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