Is CR2 8NW a good place to live?
Croydon (CR2 8NW), Croydon, England
View CR2 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 19 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
CR2 8NW has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 92 nearby (19 Outstanding)
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 19 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
CR2 8NW is a UK postcode in CR2 with an average crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 19 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
Day-to-day amenities around CR2 8NW include 3 supermarkets and 5 parks. Healthcare is served by 3 GP practices, the closest 0.4 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 3 incidents were reported in CR2 8NW. It ranks in the top half for safety within CR2.
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
- 5/5 — Excellent
- Schools
- 74/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 65/100 — Good
- Transport
- 0/100 — Poor
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
CR2 8NW is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 3 incidents were reported in CR2 8NW.
The most common categories are Drugs (33%), Burglary (33%), Criminal damage arson (33%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within CR2, this postcode ranks 473 of 1005 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- CR2 district average
- 186 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near CR2 8NW
92 schools near CR2 8NW, including 19 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 70 primary schools (16 Outstanding, 53 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) and 22 secondary schools (3 Outstanding, 13 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
CR2 8NW has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 3 supermarkets and 5 parks or green spaces.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Aldi, 0.2 miles away.
Selsdon Recreation Ground is just 0.1 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Aldi0.2 mi
- Sainsbury's0.3 mi
- Co-op Food0.9 mi
Parks & green space
- Selsdon Recreation Ground0.1 mi
- Clears Croft0.5 mi
- Fallen Oak Field0.5 mi
- Birch (Selsdon)0.7 mi
- Heathfield0.9 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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