CR3 0DL, Hillcrest Road, Whyteleafe: house prices, sold prices and local information
The most common home is a semi-detached house of about 108.5 m² with 5 habitable rooms, built 1930–1966 and most often rated EPC D. 16 sales recorded since 1995 across 6 addresses in this postcode, in London Borough of Croydon.
CR3 0DL has 6 homes valued at a median of £547,000, ranking 75th of 255 postcodes in CR3.
- What we found
- 6 addresses on Hillcrest Road; houses sold since 2019 for a median £552,500.
- This postcode is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Kenley ward.
- 33% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 47% across the wider CR3 sample.
- Around 41% of nearby households have two or more cars or vans (Census 2021).
- Whyteleafe station is about 380 m away; fastest weekday train to London Victoria 50 min.
CR3 0DL: a Whyteleafe postcode on Hillcrest Road
CR3 0DL is a postcode on Hillcrest Road in Whyteleafe. It is in London Borough of Croydon, in Kenley ward, and its MP is Chris Philp (Conservative), who represents Croydon South. The CR3 district straddles several council boundaries, so the ward matters for council tax, school admissions and which council deals with planning and bins.
6 addresses on record. The most common home is a semi-detached house of about 108.5 m² with 5 habitable rooms, built 1930–1966 and most often rated EPC D. Houses here have sold for a median of £552,500 since 2019, above the CR3 median of £390,000. 33% of rated homes are EPC band C or better, behind the 47% across the wider sample.
The postcode sits about 105 m above sea level. 41% of households in the surrounding Census area run two or more cars or vans. The nearest station, Whyteleafe, is 380 m away, and the quickest weekday journey into London in TfL's planner is 50 minutes to Victoria.
Map of CR3 0DL, Hillcrest Road: every home
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale.
House prices in CR3 0DL: every recorded sale since 1995
What homes in CR3 0DL sell for
| Home type | Homes | Sales since 2019 | Median price | Typical size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 4 | 4 | £515,000 | 104 m² | £4,952 |
| Detached | 2 | 2 | £625,000 | 118 m² | £5,297 |
£/m² is shown for houses only; flat sales are priced on a different basis and EPC floor areas for flats are less reliable. Values below £2,035 or above £11,191 per m² are treated as errors and excluded.
What a house costs in CR3 0DL
Middle half of 6 house sales since 2019: £497,500 to £592,500; median £552,500.
Homes in CR3 0DL, Hillcrest Road: size, energy rating and type
- Median home size
- 108.5 m²
- Median £/m² (houses, since 2019)
- £5,208
- Median yearly gain on resale
- 5.9%
- Ward
- Kenley
- Constituency
- Croydon South
EPC energy ratings in CR3 0DL
Type
Latest house sales in CR3 0DL, Whyteleafe
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Hillcrest Road | Semi-detached house | 26 Sept 2025 | £555,000 | 100 m² | £5,550 |
| 15 Hillcrest Road | Detached house | 20 May 2022 | £645,000 | 118 m² | £5,466 |
| 19 Hillcrest Road | Semi-detached house | 29 Apr 2022 | £550,000 | 104 m² | £5,288 |
| 15 Hillcrest Road | Detached house | 7 Sept 2021 | £605,000 | 118 m² | £5,127 |
| 19 Hillcrest Road | Semi-detached house | 15 Jan 2021 | £480,000 | 104 m² | £4,615 |
| 13 Hillcrest Road | Semi-detached house | 6 Jan 2020 | £441,000 | 104 m² | £4,240 |
| 17 Hillcrest Road | Detached house | 6 Dec 2016 | £587,000 | 130 m² | £4,515 |
| 17 Hillcrest Road | Detached house | 8 Oct 2015 | £630,000 | 130 m² | £4,846 |
A dash in £/m² marks flats, missing floor areas and implausible values (below £2,035 or above £11,191 per m²), which usually mean part-share sales or EPC errors.
The Croydon market: average price £393,714, down 2.2% in a year
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for Croydon, 2026-06. A mix-adjusted average, so it can differ from the median sale price of one road.
| Type | Authority average |
|---|---|
| Detached | £844,553 |
| Semi-detached | £540,526 |
| Terraced | £399,833 |
| Flat or maisonette | £256,496 |
This postcode: houses sold for a median of £552,500 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 40% more than the authority average.
Who lives in and around CR3 0DL: 76% of homes are owner-occupied and 45% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 042B: 1,895 residents in 723 households around CR3 0DL. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1519%
- 15 to 2411%
- 25 to 4427%
- 45 to 6429%
- 65 and over14%
Household type
- One person20%
- Couple, no children16%
- Family with children37%
- Other27%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright29%
- Mortgage or shared49%
- Private rented8%
- Social rented14%
Cars and vans per household
- No car15%
- 1 car44%
- 2 cars30%
- 3 or more11%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (1,016 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good87%
- Fair10%
- Bad or very bad3%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above38%
- A level or equivalent19%
- GCSE level25%
- None12%
Schools near CR3 0DL, Hillcrest Road: 7 within 1.8 km, 4 primary, with their latest Ofsted grades
Distances from the Department for Education register, with the latest Ofsted outcome for each school.
| School | Phase | Latest Ofsted | Distance | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenley Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jul 2024 | 360 m 6 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Whyteleafe Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Feb 2023 | 590 m 10 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Warlingham School Academy converter · ages 11-18 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jan 2023 | 1.2 km 19 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Hamsey Green Primary Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Mar 2020 | 1.3 km 22 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Riddlesdown Collegiate Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Outstanding Graded inspection, May 2023 | 1.5 km 24 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| OneSchool Global Kenley Campus Other independent school · ages 7-18 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.6 km 25 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| The Hayes Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Jul 2023 | 1.8 km 29 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
Ofsted replaced its single-word judgements with report cards for inspections from November 2025, so each school shows its most recent grade on the older scale until it is re-inspected. Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas; check the council for admissions rules.
Commuting from CR3 0DL: 50 minutes to Victoria by train
Fastest door-to-door journey arriving by 08:30 on a weekday, from the TfL journey planner, including the walk to the station.
CR3 0DL to central London
| Victoria | 50 min | walk 20 min → train 30 min |
| Blackfriars | 56 min | walk 20 min → train 36 min |
Stations near CR3 0DL
| Whyteleafe | 380 m | about 6 min walk |
| Upper Warlingham | 640 m | about 10 min walk |
| Whyteleafe South | 1110 m | about 18 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near CR3 0DL
13 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 407 434 439. Nearest stop: Beverley Road, 14 m away.
Energy use around CR3 0DL: homes nearby use 16% more gas than the typical English neighbourhood, and 16% less than in 2019
Average domestic energy use per meter in Croydon 042B (729 gas meters, 742 electricity meters), 2024, from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Gas, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 80% of neighbourhoods in Great Britain. Median meter here: 12,916 kWh.
Electricity, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 73% of neighbourhoods. Median meter here: 2,820 kWh.
Older and larger homes, gas heating and electric cars all push use up; falling use since 2019 reflects higher prices, milder weather and efficiency work. Figures describe the area, not any single home.
Air quality and noise near CR3 0DL: NO₂ 10.2 µg/m³, inside the UK legal limit and above the WHO guideline
Modelled annual averages for the 1 km square around this location, from Defra's 2023 background maps. Readings beside busy roads are higher.
| Pollutant | This square | WHO guideline | UK legal limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) | 10.2 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 105 m
- Air quality management area
- Yes
Defra noise maps cover major roads and railways only (above 55 dB), so "no contour" does not mean silent. Height from the Copernicus 90 m elevation model via Open-Meteo.
Shops, doctors and services near CR3 0DL: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 5 EV charging sites within 6 km
Nearest of each kind, from OpenStreetMap, measured in a straight line from the postcode.
| Service | Nearest | Distance | Within 2 km |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP surgery | The Moorings Surgery | 1.7 km | 8 |
| Pharmacy | Hobbs Pharmacy | 480 m | 10 |
| Dentist | Immediate Dental Care | 1.6 km | 8 |
| Supermarket | Tesco | 2.7 km | 8 |
| Library | Warlingham Library | 1.9 km | 7 |
| Post office | Whyteleafe Post Office | 530 m | 7 |
| Park or green space | Whyteleafe Parish Council Garden | 480 m | 43 |
| Hospital | Caterham Dene Hospital & Minor Injuries Unit | 3.2 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near CR3 0DL
627 public charging devices in Croydon (140 rapid, 50 kW or more), or 153 per 100,000 people. That ranks 129 of 318 local authorities in Great Britain (median 137), as at 1 July 2026.
5 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| BP Pulse | 2 bays | 210 m |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 950 m |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 1.8 km |
| Shell Recharge | 1 bay | 2.3 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.3 km |
Authority counts: Department for Transport, public charging device statistics. Site locations are community-mapped in OpenStreetMap, so newer sites can be missing.
Who represents CR3 0DL: MP and councillors
Crime, food and planning around CR3 0DL
Crime and policing near CR3 0DL
737 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of CR3 0DL
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 412, earlier 6 months: 325.
Police-recorded incidents mapped to the nearest street within roughly a mile, so a road near the town centre shows more shoplifting and anti-social behaviour than a quiet cul-de-sac nearby. Counts show what was reported, not how safe any home is.
Food and drink near CR3 0DL
53 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 38 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: BP Express (201 m, rated 5); Tesco Express (228 m, rated 5); Holiplay Kenley Primary School (294 m, rated 5); The Collegiate Trading Company At Kenley Primary School (294 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around CR3 0DL
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Kenley
- Planning authority
- Croydon LPA
Photos of CR3 0DL and the streets around it
Openly licensed photos taken close to this location on Wikimedia Commons. They show the surroundings, not necessarily this exact address.
Council tax in CR3 0DL: Band D is £2,600 a year in Croydon, up 4.8% on last year
Charge for 2026 to 2027, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
The average Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, £208 above the England average of £2,392. That ranks Croydon 36th highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,480 last year. Next door in Reigate and Banstead, Band D is £2,567, £33 less than in Croydon, so which side of a council boundary a home sits on changes the bill by about £33 a year at Band D.
Your own bill depends on your property's band. In England bands are set from the home's estimated value on 1 April 1991, so a Band C home pays eight ninths of the Band D charge and a Band F home thirteen ninths. The figures below are the charge for each band in Croydon, before any discount or reduction, and they include the county or borough, police, fire and any parish or GLA precepts averaged across the authority.
| Band | Per year | Per month (12 payments) |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,733 | £144 |
| Band B | £2,022 | £169 |
| Band C | £2,311 | £193 |
| Band D | £2,600 | £217 |
| Band E | £3,178 | £265 |
| Band F | £3,755 | £313 |
| Band G | £4,333 | £361 |
| Band H | £5,200 | £433 |
You can check or challenge a home's band on the GOV.UK "Find your Council Tax band" service.
CR3 0DL, Whyteleafe: questions people ask
What council is CR3 0DL in?
CR3 0DL is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Kenley ward and the Croydon South constituency.
What is the average house price in CR3 0DL?
Houses in CR3 0DL sold for a median of £552,500 since 2019 (6 sales).
How much is council tax in CR3 0DL?
Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
What schools are near CR3 0DL?
The nearest primary and secondary schools include Kenley Primary School (360 m), Whyteleafe Primary School (590 m) and Warlingham School (1.2 km).
How much do homes cost in CR3 0DL?
Houses sold since 2019 had a median price of £552,500 (6 sales), about £5,208 per square metre.
Which council is CR3 0DL in?
CR3 0DL falls under London Borough of Croydon, in the Kenley ward and the Croydon South constituency.
What is the typical home?
The most common home is a semi-detached house of about 108.5 m² with 5 habitable rooms, built 1930–1966 and most often rated EPC D.
Which streets are in CR3 0DL?
Hillcrest Road.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address in CR3 0DL, Hillcrest Road, Whyteleafe
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Hillcrest Road | Semi-detached | 100 m² | D | £555,000 · 2025 | £5,550 |
| 13 Hillcrest Road | Semi-detached | 104 m² | D | £441,000 · 2020 | £4,240 |
| 15 Hillcrest Road | Detached | 118 m² | E | £645,000 · 2022 | £5,466 |
| 17 Hillcrest Road | Detached | 130 m² | D | £587,000 · 2016 | £4,515 |
| 19 Hillcrest Road | Semi-detached | 104 m² | C | £550,000 · 2022 | £5,288 |
| 19a Hillcrest Road | Semi-detached | 113 m² | C | £400,000 · 2015 | £3,540 |