Is CR2 9LB a good place to live?
Croydon (CR2 9LB), Croydon, England
View CR2 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 21 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
CR2 9LB has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 92 nearby (21 Outstanding)
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 21 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
CR2 9LB is a UK postcode in CR2 with a very high crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 21 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
Day-to-day amenities around CR2 9LB include 2 supermarkets and 3 parks. Healthcare is served by 4 GP practices, the closest 0.8 miles away.
Over the past 6 months, 19 incidents were reported in CR2 9LB. It ranks in the lower half for safety within CR2.
Overall score
Average 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
- 60/100 — Good
- Transport
- 0/100 — Poor
- Connectivity
- 30/100 — Below average
Safety
CR2 9LB is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 19 incidents were reported in CR2 9LB.
The most common categories are Shoplifting (37%), Burglary (21%), Anti-social behaviour (11%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within CR2, this postcode ranks 709 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 9LB
92 schools near CR2 9LB, including 21 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 70 primary schools (18 Outstanding, 50 Good and 2 Requires Improvement) and 22 secondary schools (3 Outstanding, 14 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
CR2 9LB has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 2 supermarkets, 3 parks or green spaces and 1 EV charging point.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Waitrose, 0.1 miles away.
Sanderstead Recreation Ground is just 0.1 miles away for daily green space.
- 1 EV charging point within reach
Supermarkets
- Waitrose0.1 mi
- Sainsbury's0.9 mi
Parks & green space
- Sanderstead Recreation Ground0.1 mi
- Birch (Selsdon)0.5 mi
- Riddlesdown1.0 mi
Connectivity
Superfast broadband is widely available, but ultrafast coverage is still partial.
Reported availability: full fibre 19%, ultrafast 19%, 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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