Is CR0 7QB a good place to live?
Croydon (CR0 7QB), Croydon, England
View CR0 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 72 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 24 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
CR0 7QB has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 93 nearby (24 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.8 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 72 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 24 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
CR0 7QB is a UK postcode in CR0 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 72 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 24 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Eden Park, 0.8 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around CR0 7QB include 4 supermarkets and 5 parks. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.6 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 2 incidents were reported in CR0 7QB. 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
- 75/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 70/100 — Good
- Transport
- 65/100 — Good
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
CR0 7QB is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 2 incidents were reported in CR0 7QB.
The most common categories are Anti-social behaviour (50%), Other theft (50%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within CR0, this postcode ranks 261 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 7QB
93 schools near CR0 7QB, including 24 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 72 primary schools (19 Outstanding and 52 Good) and 21 secondary schools (5 Outstanding, 10 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
CR0 7QB has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 4 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces and 1 EV charging point.
The nearest supermarket recorded is The Co-operative Food, 0.1 miles away.
Parkfields Recreation Ground is just 0.4 miles away for daily green space.
- 1 EV charging point within reach
Supermarkets
- The Co-operative Food0.1 mi
- Co-op Food0.5 mi
- Co-op Food0.7 mi
- Tesco0.9 mi
Parks & green space
- Parkfields Recreation Ground0.4 mi
- Ashburton Playing Fields0.5 mi
- Elmers End Recreation Ground0.7 mi
- Miller's Pond0.8 mi
- Shirley Church Recreation Ground0.9 mi
Transportation
Eden Park is the closest station, about 0.8 miles from CR0 7QB - a short drive or cycle.
Other nearby stations include Elmers End (1.0 mi).
In total there are 2 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Eden Park0.8 mi
- Elmers End1.0 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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