Croydon
CR8 house prices in Croydon
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Croydon, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£458,750
Range £275,000–£842,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 15 Dec 2025 and 18 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in CR8: the typical (median) sold price is £458,750, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). CR8 is an active market, with about 31 recorded sales a month. By property type, 40% were flats (typically £330,000) and 24% were detached homes (typically £775,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,600 a year: Croydon's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Croydon, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on CR8: steady sales, so price from the evidence
250 sales since December 2025 make CR8 a steady market, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are thinking of selling, with detached homes at £775,000 and flats at £330,000, the £275,000 to £842,000 spread is really several markets, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in CR8 sit well above the UK average, so compare any asking price with sold homes of the same type before you commit.
Before an offer goes in on any CR8 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (938 applications on record within 500 m), the tenure (leasehold is common here) and flood risk over the long term, and leave the title to your conveyancer.
For what the averages cannot tell you, the free CR8 OfferCheck brings flood, crime, planning and council tax together.
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At a glance
CR8 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£458,750
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
30.9
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,600
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in CR8
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in CR8 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £775,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £330,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 58 | £775,000 | £545,500–£1,056,900 |
| Semi-detached | 58 | £575,000 | £391,400–£720,100 |
| Terraced | 30 | £421,500 | £353,900–£511,868 |
| Flat / maisonette | 97 | £330,000 | £203,270–£440,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 15 Dec 2025 and 18 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in CR8
The quarterly typical price fell 2.3%, from £415,000 in Q4 2025 (49 sales) to £405,548 in Q3 2026 (26 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £415,000 | 49 |
| Q1 2026 | £475,000 | 103 |
| Q2 2026 | £477,500 | 72 |
| Q3 2026 | £405,548 | 26 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 15 Dec 2025 and 18 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of CR8 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most CR8 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £275,000 and £842,000, around a typical £458,750.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 15 Dec 2025 and 18 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in CR8
Flat / maisonette homes were 40% of recorded sales (97 of 243). 60% of sales were freehold and 40% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached24%
- Semi-detached24%
- Terraced12%
- Flat / maisonette40%
Tenure
- Freehold60%
- Leasehold40%
See the figures
150 freehold (60%) and 100 leasehold (40%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in CR8, including 28 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 15 Dec 2025 and 18 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
ASTORIA COURT, 116, HIGH STREET, PURLEY
£245,000 (2026)£199,000 (2026)-18.8% over 0.6 yrs (-31.2%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where CR8 sits in Croydon
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in CR8
YATELEY COURT, HAYES LANE, KENLEY
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 18 Aug 2026
£290,000
6, GODSTONE MOUNT, PURLEY
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 14 Aug 2026
£217,500
39A, SELCROFT ROAD, PURLEY
Detached · Freehold · 12 Aug 2026
£965,000
18, FAIRBAIRN CLOSE, PURLEY
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 Aug 2026
£185,000
FORBURY HEIGHTS, 39, RUSSELL GREEN CLOSE, PURLEY
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 Aug 2026
£280,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). CR8 includes the Carshalton South & Clockhouse ward.
In plain English
What the Croydon (CR8) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £775,000 against £330,000 for flats: about 2.3 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £275,000 and £842,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- 40% of these sales were leasehold: a genuine mix of houses and flats, so check the tenure of the home you are looking at.
- This is an active district: about 31 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 15 December 2025 and 18 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on CR8
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in CR8
£2,600
Band D a year in Croydon, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,733 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,022 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,311 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,600 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,178 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,755 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,333 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,200 |
These are Croydon's charges for 2026-27, the authority CR8 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Croydon · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near CR8
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Abingdon House School Purley.
All schools
Abingdon House School Purley
Special schools · CR8 2AN
387 m
Not graded
St Nicholas School
Special schools · CR8 4DS
456 m
Requires improvement · 2024
Beaumont Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CR8 4DN
785 m
Outstanding · 2017
Harris Primary Academy Kenley
Primary · Academies · CR8 5NF
835 m
Outstanding · 2015
St David's School
Independent schools · CR8 3AL
891 m
Not graded
Purley Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · CR8 2NE
1.0 km
Outstanding · 2013
Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley)
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CR8 2QE
1.4 km
Good · 2011
Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CR8 2XP
1.4 km
Good · 2023
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the CR8 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 6 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near CR8
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around CR8
938
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Croydon/26/01709/FULUndecided
345 m
Change of Use from Existing 6-Person HMO (Use Class C4) to 7-Person HMO (Sui Generis). Replacement of one window to front elevation with a door.
Received 2026-06-11
Croydon/26/01686/DISCRejected
416 m
Details pursuant to conditions 3 (Landscaping) and 4 (visibility splays, cycle and refuse storage) attached to permission 19/05245/FUL for 'Erection of two storey 5 bedroom dwelling with accommodation in the roofspace, with associated parking, cycle, refuse and landscaping'
Received 2026-06-09 · decided 2026-07-16
Croydon/26/01151/LPPermitted
457 m
Loft conversion includes erection of L-shaped dormer roof extension to rear roof slopes. Installation of 2x rooflights to front roof slope.
Received 2026-04-20 · decided 2026-05-22
Croydon/26/01127/GPDORejected
473 m
Change of use from office (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to form 7 self-contained residential units under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
Received 2026-04-17 · decided 2026-06-11
Croydon/26/00907/HSEUndecided
341 m
Demolition of existing rear single storey structure. Erection of single storey rear extension. Alterations.
Received 2026-03-26
Croydon/26/00910/HSEUndecided
319 m
Erection of single storey side extension. Alterations.
Received 2026-03-26
Applications are matched within 500 m of the CR8 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for CR8 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 938 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for CR8
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled CR8 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 10, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
CR8 5JS, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so CR8 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in CR8: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in CR8, band by band
Croydon's council tax for 2026-27 set against the CR8 median sold price of £458,750 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearCroydon | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £458,750 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,733 | £144 | 0.38% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,022 | £169 | 0.44% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,311 | £193 | 0.50% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,600 | £217 | 0.57% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,178 | £265 | 0.69% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,755 | £313 | 0.82% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,333 | £361 | 0.94% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,200 | £433 | 1.13% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the CR8 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Croydon, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in CR8 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 205 distinct addresses in the records we hold for CR8. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
YATELEY COURT, HAYES LANE, KENLEY
CR8 5JS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-08-18
6, GODSTONE MOUNT, PURLEY
CR8 1BA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£217,500
2026-08-14
39A, SELCROFT ROAD, PURLEY
CR8 1AG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£965,000
2026-08-12
18, FAIRBAIRN CLOSE, PURLEY
CR8 4DZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-08-07
FORBURY HEIGHTS, 39, RUSSELL GREEN CLOSE, PURLEY
CR8 2FS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£280,000
2026-08-07
27, CHURCH HILL, PURLEY
CR8 3QP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£880,000
2026-08-07
10, ESKDALE GARDENS, PURLEY
CR8 1EY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£636,000
2026-08-04
109, FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY
CR8 3HQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£815,000
2026-08-04
74, LOWER BARN ROAD, PURLEY
CR8 1HR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-08-03
ASTORIA COURT, 116, HIGH STREET, PURLEY
CR8 2XT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£199,000
2026-07-31
9, ASHURST CLOSE, KENLEY
CR8 5DH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-07-31
51, GODSTONE ROAD, PURLEY
CR8 2AN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£520,000
2026-07-27
78B, HIGHER DRIVE, PURLEY
CR8 2HG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£625,000
2026-07-24
11, WHITEFIELD AVENUE, PURLEY
CR8 4BN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-07-24
FRENCH APARTMENTS, LANSDOWNE ROAD, PURLEY
CR8 2PJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£350,000
2026-07-22
9, PURLEY ROAD, PURLEY
CR8 2HA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-07-20
207, GODSTONE ROAD, KENLEY
CR8 5BN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£418,595
2026-07-17
34, PURLEY BURY AVENUE, PURLEY
CR8 1JD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£727,675
2026-07-17
2, PLOUGH LANE, PURLEY
CR8 3QA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£392,500
2026-07-17
POPLAR HOUSE, PROMENADE DE VERDUN, PURLEY
CR8 3LN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£3,800,000
2026-07-16
48, HAYDN AVENUE, PURLEY
CR8 4AE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£520,000
2026-07-15
79G, RIDDLESDOWN ROAD, PURLEY
CR8 1DH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£750,000
2026-07-14
40, HAYDN AVENUE, PURLEY
CR8 4AE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-07-14
13, ABBOTS LANE, KENLEY
CR8 5JB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£800,000
2026-07-10
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near CR8
The closest districts to CR8 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in CR2 (South Croydon) 1.8 miles
- House prices in CR5 (Coulsdon) 1.9 miles
- House prices in SM6 (Wallington) 2.4 miles
- House prices in CR6 (Warlingham) 3.1 miles
- House prices in CR0 (Croydon) 3.3 miles
- House prices in CR3 (Caterham) 3.3 miles
- House prices in SM5 (Carshalton) 3.5 miles
- House prices in SM7 (Banstead) 3.8 miles
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Data sources
Every CR8 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.