Is CR4 1EY a good place to live?
Croydon (CR4 1EY), Croydon, England
View CR4 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 78 primary schools and 15 secondary schools, including 25 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
CR4 1EY has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 93 nearby (25 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.7 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 78 primary schools and 15 secondary schools, including 25 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
CR4 1EY is a UK postcode in CR4 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 78 primary schools and 15 secondary schools, including 25 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Mitcham Eastfields, 0.7 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around CR4 1EY include 5 supermarkets and 5 parks. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.3 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 1 incident was reported in CR4 1EY.
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
- 75/100 — Good
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
CR4 1EY is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 1 incident was reported in CR4 1EY.
The most common categories are Violent crime (100%), based on reported crime type counts.
Schools near CR4 1EY
93 schools near CR4 1EY, including 25 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 78 primary schools (18 Outstanding, 46 Good and 5 Requires Improvement) and 15 secondary schools (7 Outstanding, 5 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
CR4 1EY 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 EV charging point.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Lidl, 0.4 miles away.
Rowan Park informal recreation area is just 0.1 miles away for daily green space.
- 1 EV charging point within reach
Supermarkets
- Lidl0.4 mi
- Co-op Food0.5 mi
- Co-op Food0.8 mi
- Lidl0.9 mi
- Lidl0.9 mi
Parks & green space
- Rowan Park informal recreation area0.1 mi
- Rowan Road Recreation Ground0.2 mi
- Long Bolstead Recreation Ground0.4 mi
- Pollards Hill0.5 mi
- Tree Space0.6 mi
Transportation
Mitcham Eastfields is the closest station, about 0.7 miles from CR4 1EY - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Norbury (0.9 mi), Streatham Common (0.9 mi).
In total there are 3 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Mitcham Eastfields0.7 mi
- Norbury0.9 mi
- Streatham Common0.9 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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