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Is CR5 3NG a good place to live?

Croydon (CR5 3NG), Croydon, England

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Comprehensive Score

Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 25 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

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At a glance

CR5 3NG has plenty going for it.

  • Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
  • Schools: 92 nearby (25 Outstanding)
  • Transport links: good — nearest station 0.9 mi

Summary

Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 25 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

CR5 3NG is a UK postcode in CR5 with an average crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 25 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Chipstead, 0.9 miles away.

Day-to-day amenities around CR5 3NG include 1 park and 1 gym. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.

Over the past 6 months, 1 incident was reported in CR5 3NG. It ranks in the lower half for safety within CR5.

Overall score

Good 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
76/100 — Good
Amenities
17/100 — Poor
Transport
65/100 — Good
Connectivity
100/100 — Excellent

Safety

CR5 3NG 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 CR5 3NG.

The most common categories are Violent crime (100%), based on reported crime type counts.

Within CR5, this postcode ranks 394 of 711 for safety.

5/ 5
Safety score
1last 6m
Reported incidents

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
Violent Crime
1 (100%)

Schools near CR5 3NG

92 schools near CR5 3NG, including 25 rated Outstanding.

Families have access to 74 primary schools (21 Outstanding, 49 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) and 18 secondary schools (4 Outstanding, 12 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.

74
Primary
18
Secondary
25
Outstanding
Primary schools74 schools
21
49
3
1
Outstanding (21) Good (49) Requires Improvement (3) Other / not inspected (1)
Secondary schools18 schools
4
12
1
1
Outstanding (4) Good (12) Requires Improvement (1) Other / not inspected (1)

Nearby amenities

A handful of everyday amenities surround CR5 3NG.

Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 1 park or green space and 1 gym or fitness studio.

Park Downs is just 0.9 miles away for daily green space.

  • No supermarkets listed nearby
0
Supermarkets
1
Parks
1
Gyms
0
EV chargers

Supermarkets

No supermarkets in range

Parks & green space

  • Park Downs
    SM73QF
    0.9 mi

Transportation

Chipstead is the closest station, about 0.9 miles from CR5 3NG - a short drive or cycle.

In total there is 1 rail station within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.

1
Stations in range
0.9miles
Closest
  • Chipstead
    CR33TA
    0.9 mi

Connectivity

Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.

Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.

100%
Full fibre
100%
Ultrafast
100%
Superfast
Full fibre
100%
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) coverage
Ultrafast
100%
100+ Mbit/s broadband coverage
Superfast
100%
30+ Mbit/s broadband coverage

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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