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On Elmwood Road, in University Hospital & Queen's Road
What it's like at CR0 2SL: every home that has sold on Elmwood 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 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 Elmwood 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.
3 of the 59 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 31, Dartmouth House, Elmwood RoadFlat | Jul 2014 | £210,000 | 56 m² | £3,750/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 26, Dartmouth House, Elmwood RoadFlat | Oct 2003 | £121,000 | 56 m² | £2,161/m² | 1 |
| Flat 37, Dartmouth House, Elmwood RoadFlat | Oct 2005 | £135,000 | 56 m² | £2,411/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Dartmouth House, Elmwood RoadFlat | Apr 2016 | £175,000 | 43 m² | £4,070/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is West Croydon tram stop, about a 10-minute walk (800 m). The nearest rail station is West Croydon, 800 m away, with 4.4m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Broad Green Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 1 minute on weekdays (routes 198, 109, 250, 60); 212 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 13% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 13 km away as the crow flies.
48% 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 (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Harris Invictus Academy Croydon, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 45 · 11.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Merton (2.5 km) and St Mark's Church of England Academy (3.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (3.5 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (3.6 km).
It's a family area: 24% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 200 m away, with Swaad India closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Rainbow Health Centre (200 m), with Shivas Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Ozra Beauty Centre is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 200 m 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Aski is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Golden Lion the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 145 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (61%).
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Wilford Road Recreation Ground, 600 m away; for exercise, The Gym (500 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 17.1 µg/m³).
52 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%.
44 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 2SL →
For holidays, London City is 17 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 26 km.
Many neighbours rent: 35% of households rent privately and 31% socially.
It's young: 21% 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.
On this street: 0 of 34 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 76.6% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.8% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 15.1% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Croydon since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 59 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 35 min
Nearest: Battersea Park Children's Zoo · 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.