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On Saffron Central Square, in Central Croydon
What it's like at CR0 2FT: every home that has sold on Saffron Central Square 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 121 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 Saffron Central Square; 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.
57 of the 738 homes on the street are owned by companies (22 overseas).
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 52% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is West Croydon tram stop, a few minutes' walk (200 m). The nearest rail station is West Croydon, 300 m away, with 4.4m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Delta Point / West Croydon Station, 100 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 468, 50); 585 departures an hour from the 22 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 20% 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 3 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
68% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Catholic Infant School, a few minutes' walk (50 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Park Hill Infant School (0.7 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is St Mary's Catholic High School, 150 m away; Attainment 8: 36.5 · 5.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (0.9 km) and Harris Academy Merton (4.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (2.7 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (3.6 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 50 m away; Wellesley Stores (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Greenside Group Practice (350 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Trend Setters Hair Studio is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 2.0 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 82 restaurants and cafés and 9 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Mr Tinto is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Bedford Tavern the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (46 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 418 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
68 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels | I | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
59 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 2FT →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
There are 13 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (95%).
It's new: 78% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 1,028 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Queen's Gardens, 800 m away; for exercise, The Gym (500 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 18 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 25 km.
Many neighbours rent: 62% of households rent privately and 13% socially.
It's young: 28% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 61% of adults have a degree.
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" Saffron Central Square in the last 12 months.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 39 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: 0 of 729 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 728 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 25.8% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 22.1% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 51.9% | 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.