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On Craigen Avenue, in Addiscombe East
What it's like at CR0 7JN: every home that has sold on Craigen Avenue 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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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.
Sales and extensions on Craigen Avenue; 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.
None of the 47 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 32, Craigen AvenueTerraced | Jan 2018 | £510,000 | 111 m² | £4,595/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36, Craigen AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2008 | £250,000 | 122 m² | £2,049/m² | 1 |
| 38, Craigen AvenueTerraced | Jul 2019 | £460,000 | 107 m² | £4,299/m² | 1 |
| 40, Craigen AvenueTerraced | Jul 2014 | £420,000 | 146 m² | £2,877/m² | 2 |
| 42, Craigen AvenueTerraced | Mar 2001 | £165,000 | 112 m² | £1,473/m² | 1 |
| 48, Craigen AvenueTerraced | Jan 1995 | £75,000 | 157 m² | £478/m² | 1 |
| 50, Craigen AvenueTerraced | Mar 2008 | £345,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 52, Craigen AvenueTerraced | Dec 2024 | £566,000 | 128 m² | £4,422/m² | 2 |
| 54, Craigen AvenueTerraced | Oct 2014 | £371,000 | 112 m² | £3,313/m² | 1 |
| 56, Craigen AvenueTerraced | Jan 2002 | £205,000 | 110 m² | £1,864/m² | 1 |
| 58, Craigen AvenueTerraced | Jul 2026 | £612,500 | 166 m² | £3,690/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Addiscombe tram stop, about a 10-minute walk (750 m). The nearest rail station is East Croydon, 2.1 km away, with 20.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Shirley Clinic, 150 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 130, 367, 689); 180 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 12% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km).
The closest top-rated primary is St John's CofE Primary School (1.4 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Oasis Academy Shirley Park, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 42.6 · 9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (2.5 km) and Harris Academy Beckenham (3.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (4.8 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (5.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 450 m away, with Hathaways closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Addiscombe Road Surgery (250 m), with Shirley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, The London Hair Company is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 3.1 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Shirley Park Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Claret & Ale the nearest pub (750 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (9 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 82 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 7% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 47% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Addiscombe Recreation Ground, 550 m away; for exercise, Croydon Sports Arena (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.3 µg/m³).
46 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 East constituency: Natasha Irons MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,825 (15.6%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 42%, Conservative 27%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 9%.
19 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 7JN →
For holidays, London City is 16 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 26 km.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 44% 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.
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 47 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 33 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.4% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.8% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 41 min
Nearest: Hobbledown · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.