Is CR5 3HE a good place to live?
Croydon (CR5 3HE), Croydon, England
View CR5 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 72 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
CR5 3HE has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 90 nearby (22 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.1 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 72 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
CR5 3HE is a UK postcode in CR5 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 72 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Woodmansterne, 0.1 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around CR5 3HE include 3 supermarkets and 4 parks. Healthcare is served by 2 GP practices, the closest 0.7 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
It ranks in the top 25% for safety within CR5.
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
- 57/100 — Average
- Transport
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
CR5 3HE is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
Within CR5, this postcode ranks 126 of 711 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- CR5 district average
- 154 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near CR5 3HE
90 schools near CR5 3HE, including 22 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 72 primary schools (18 Outstanding, 49 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) and 18 secondary schools (4 Outstanding, 12 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
CR5 3HE has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 3 supermarkets, 4 parks or green spaces and 2 EV charging points.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Tesco, 0.5 miles away.
Corrigan Recreation Ground is just 0.5 miles away for daily green space.
- 2 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- Tesco0.5 mi
- Aldi0.8 mi
- Waitrose0.8 mi
Parks & green space
- Corrigan Recreation Ground0.5 mi
- Lakers Rise Recreation Ground0.7 mi
- Woodmansterne Recreation Ground - The Park0.8 mi
- Coulsdon Memorial Ground1.0 mi
Transportation
Woodmansterne is the closest station, about 0.1 miles from CR5 3HE - a very short walk.
Other nearby stations include Coulsdon South (0.8 mi), Chipstead (0.9 mi), Coulsdon Town (0.9 mi).
In total there are 4 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Woodmansterne0.1 mi
- Coulsdon South0.8 mi
- Chipstead0.9 mi
- Coulsdon Town0.9 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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