Is CR3 6QL a good place to live?
Croydon (CR3 6QL), Croydon, England
View CR3 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 62 primary schools and 14 secondary schools, including 12 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
CR3 6QL has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 76 nearby (12 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.7 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 62 primary schools and 14 secondary schools, including 12 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
CR3 6QL is a UK postcode in CR3 with a higher than average crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 62 primary schools and 14 secondary schools, including 12 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Caterham, 0.7 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around CR3 6QL include 3 supermarkets and 5 parks. Healthcare is served by 4 GP practices, the closest 0.6 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 96% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 2 incidents were reported in CR3 6QL. It ranks in the lower half for safety within CR3.
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
- 73/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 65/100 — Good
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
CR3 6QL 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 CR3 6QL.
The most common categories are Drugs (50%), Criminal damage arson (50%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within CR3, this postcode ranks 398 of 786 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- CR3 district average
- 138 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near CR3 6QL
76 schools near CR3 6QL, including 12 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 62 primary schools (11 Outstanding, 47 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) and 14 secondary schools (1 Outstanding, 12 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
CR3 6QL 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 Waitrose, 0.7 miles away.
Wapses Lodge Recreational is just 0.4 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Waitrose0.7 mi
- Co-op Food0.8 mi
- Morrisons0.8 mi
Parks & green space
- Wapses Lodge Recreational0.4 mi
- Manor Park0.4 mi
- Timber Hill Park0.7 mi
- Town End Recreation Ground0.8 mi
- Westway Common1.0 mi
Transportation
Caterham is the closest station, about 0.7 miles from CR3 6QL - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Whyteleafe South (0.8 mi), Woldingham (0.9 mi).
In total there are 3 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Caterham0.7 mi
- Whyteleafe South0.8 mi
- Woldingham0.9 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 96%, ultrafast 96%, 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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