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CR8 3

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5,442 people · median £780,000 · Croydon

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Croydon Council · Conservative mayor · council NOC, Labour largest   28/70 seats · 40% · OCD 2026
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What does it cost? This postcode sector

A typical home here sells for £780,000, up 37.6% over five years. That's about 10.6× local earnings — around the 10.7× five-year average.

Sold price history

2026 YTD · 27 sales
£429k£554k£679k£804k£928k201120182026 YTD2024 +73%−36%£880,000
Median sold price · 12 months to May 2026£780,000
5-year change+37.6%
Full history since 1995
£96k£313k£530k£747k£964k199520102026 YTD2024 +73%−36%£880,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Detached
£880k
Flat
£350k
Typical home price compared with annual local pay10.6× · five-year average 10.7×
HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss from Croydon26.1%

Of the homes across Croydon that sold again within five years, 26.1% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than London (18.4%).

By property type
Semi-detached houses0%
Terraced houses11.1%
Flats26.4%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new55.7%
Bought second-hand19.4%
Overall
Typical resale gain+15.1% · ~8-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (3,593 resale pairs) across Croydon — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

Home ownership82%

Owned outright
40%
With a mortgage
42%
Private rented
14%
Social rented
4%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,600

London Borough of Croydon£2,089
Greater London Authority£511
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,733
Band B£2,022
Band C£2,311
Band D (baseline)£2,600
Band E£3,178
Band F£3,755
Band G£4,333
Band H£5,200
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

£4,414 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare. The median across districts Acreright covers is £3,803.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by street in CR8 3 52 streets — this postcode sector, broken down

StreetMedian priceSales5-year change
Foxley Lane£355,000515-2.2%
Woodcote Valley Road£432,500263-4.4%
Plough Lane£365,000167+25%
Smitham Bottom Lane£505,000138+14.6%
Green Lane£465,00080+64.7%
Great Woodcote Park£486,25076+25%
Monahan Avenue£539,00070+114.7%
Box Ridge Avenue£450,00064—
Median & 5-year change use residential sales only (category-A, type D/S/T/F); the 5-year change compares the last 24 months vs the 24 months five years earlier. Each street’s sales recorded inside this area since 1995 — click a street → its full sold-price page · HM Land Registry Price Paid

Neighbourhood prices in Croydon how CR8 3 compares · from Croydon

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Norbury +30.4%
NeighbourhoodMedian price5-year changeSales, 12m
Norbury£510,000+30.4%134
Kent Gate£350,000+21%33
Woodside£431,500+20.9%181
Thornton Heath£380,500+20.1%335
Coulsdon£607,500+18.7%189
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in CR8 3 — sold prices

Filters
AddressTypeBedsEPCPriceDate
20 sales in 12 months — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
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