Is CR4 2BY a good place to live?
Croydon (CR4 2BY), Croydon, England
View CR4 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 29 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
CR4 2BY has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 93 nearby (29 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.1 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 29 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
CR4 2BY is a UK postcode in CR4 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 29 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Tooting, 0.1 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around CR4 2BY include 5 supermarkets, 5 parks and 5 gyms. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.2 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 2 incidents were reported in CR4 2BY.
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
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
CR4 2BY 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 CR4 2BY.
The most common categories are Violent crime (50%), Other theft (50%), based on reported crime type counts.
Schools near CR4 2BY
93 schools near CR4 2BY, including 29 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 74 primary schools (21 Outstanding, 43 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) and 19 secondary schools (8 Outstanding, 9 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
CR4 2BY is well served by everyday amenities, with 17 places within reach.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 5 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces, 5 gyms or fitness studios and 2 EV charging points.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Lidl, 0.1 miles away.
Figges Marsh is just 0.3 miles away for daily green space.
- 2 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- Lidl0.1 mi
- Lidl0.5 mi
- Sainsbury's0.6 mi
- Londis0.7 mi
- Aldi0.7 mi
Parks & green space
- Figges Marsh0.3 mi
- Vectis Gardens0.4 mi
- Colliers Wood Recreation Ground0.5 mi
- Furzedown Recreation Ground0.6 mi
- Lavender Park0.6 mi
Transportation
Tooting is the closest station, about 0.1 miles from CR4 2BY - a very short walk.
Other nearby stations include Tooting Broadway (0.7 mi), Colliers Wood (0.7 mi), Mitcham Eastfields (0.8 mi).
In total there are 4 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Tooting0.1 mi
- Tooting Broadway0.7 mi
- Colliers Wood0.7 mi
- Mitcham Eastfields0.8 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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