Is CR8 1DZ a good place to live?
Croydon (CR8 1DZ), Croydon, England
View CR8 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 71 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 24 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
CR8 1DZ has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 92 nearby (24 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.4 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 71 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 24 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
CR8 1DZ is a UK postcode in CR8 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 71 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 24 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Purley, 0.4 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around CR8 1DZ include 2 supermarkets, 5 parks and 1 gym. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.4 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 1 incident was reported in CR8 1DZ. It ranks in the top 25% for safety within CR8.
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
- 68/100 — Good
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
CR8 1DZ 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 CR8 1DZ.
The most common categories are Other theft (100%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within CR8, this postcode ranks 137 of 807 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- CR8 district average
- 199 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near CR8 1DZ
92 schools near CR8 1DZ, including 24 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 71 primary schools (20 Outstanding, 46 Good and 2 Requires Improvement) and 21 secondary schools (4 Outstanding, 13 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
CR8 1DZ has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 2 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces, 1 gym or fitness studio and 3 EV charging points.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Tesco Extra, 0.6 miles away.
Rotary Field is just 0.3 miles away for daily green space.
- 3 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- Tesco Extra0.6 mi
- JUSTin GREEN0.9 mi
Parks & green space
- Rotary Field0.3 mi
- South Croydon Recreation Ground0.7 mi
- Haling Grove0.8 mi
- The Glade0.8 mi
- Roundshaw Downs0.9 mi
Transportation
Purley is the closest station, about 0.4 miles from CR8 1DZ - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Purley Oaks (0.5 mi), Riddlesdown (0.7 mi), Sanderstead (0.7 mi).
In total there are 4 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Purley0.4 mi
- Purley Oaks0.5 mi
- Riddlesdown0.7 mi
- Sanderstead0.7 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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