Is CR4 2EW a good place to live?
Croydon (CR4 2EW), Croydon, England
View CR4 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is good. Families have access to 76 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 27 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
CR4 2EW has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 4/5 (good)
- Schools: 94 nearby (27 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.5 mi
Summary
Overall livability is good. Families have access to 76 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 27 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
CR4 2EW is a UK postcode in CR4 with a very high crime rate and a good safety rating. Families have access to 76 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 27 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Streatham Common, 0.5 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around CR4 2EW include 5 supermarkets, 5 parks and 3 gyms. 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, 14 incidents were reported in CR4 2EW.
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
- 4/5 — Good
- Schools
- 74/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
CR4 2EW is rated 4/5 for safety, a solid score for a UK postcode.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 14 incidents were reported in CR4 2EW.
The most common categories are Anti-social behaviour (43%), Drugs (29%), Burglary (14%), based on reported crime type counts.
Schools near CR4 2EW
94 schools near CR4 2EW, including 27 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 76 primary schools (20 Outstanding, 44 Good and 5 Requires Improvement) and 18 secondary schools (7 Outstanding, 9 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
CR4 2EW is well served by everyday amenities, with 13 places within reach.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 5 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces and 3 gyms or fitness studios.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Lidl, 0.5 miles away.
Eardley Road Sidings Nature Reserve is just 0.1 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Lidl0.5 mi
- Lidl0.6 mi
- Lidl0.8 mi
- Sainsbury's0.8 mi
- ALDI0.9 mi
Parks & green space
- Eardley Road Sidings Nature Reserve0.1 mi
- Streatham Vale Park0.2 mi
- Oakleigh Way Recreation Ground0.3 mi
- Vectis Gardens0.3 mi
- Long Bolstead Recreation Ground0.5 mi
Transportation
Streatham Common is the closest station, about 0.5 miles from CR4 2EW - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Tooting (0.7 mi), Mitcham Eastfields (0.7 mi), Streatham (1.0 mi).
In total there are 5 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Streatham Common0.5 mi
- Tooting0.7 mi
- Mitcham Eastfields0.7 mi
- Streatham1.0 mi
- Unknown Station1.0 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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