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On London Road, in Broad Green & Waddon Marsh
What it's like at CR0 2DR: every home that has sold on London Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 23 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on London Road; planning applications within 500 m (Planning London Datahub); new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
99 of the 591 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
The nearest station is West Croydon tram stop, about a 5-minute walk (600 m). The nearest rail station is West Croydon, 600 m away, with 4.4m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Sumner Road Croydon, 50 m away, with a bus about every 1 minute on weekdays (routes 198, 109, 250, 60); 254 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 13% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 13 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 14 km away as the crow flies.
42% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Chestnut Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 44% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Harris Primary Academy Croydon (0.2 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Invictus Academy Croydon, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 45 · 11.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Merton (2.8 km) and St Mark's Church of England Academy (4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (2.6 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (2.8 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 400 m away, with Morning Star closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Rainbow Health Centre (300 m), with Shivas Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Nana's Hair and Beauty Salon is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 1.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 20 restaurants and cafés, 0 pubs and bars.
Charsi Grill Fish is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Old Fox And Hounds the nearest pub (600 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 144 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 36% flats and 4% detached houses.
54 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Croydon West constituency: Sarah Jones MP (Labour), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 14,226 (37.3%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Labour 54%, Conservative 17%, Green Party 10%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
49 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CR0 2DR →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 263 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Wilford Road Recreation Ground, 750 m away; for exercise, The Gym (300 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 14 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 18 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 26 km.
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
No crimes recorded "on or near" London Road in the last 12 months.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 38 min
Nearest: Hobbledown · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 2 of 466 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 311 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.1% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.1% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.0% | 4.7% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.