CR5 1AB, Downs Road, Coulsdon: house prices, sold prices and local information
The most common home is a flat of about 128 m² with 3 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C. 13 sales recorded since 1995 across 7 addresses in this postcode, in London Borough of Croydon.
CR5 1AB has 7 homes valued at a median of £545,000, ranking 138th of 218 postcodes in CR5.
- What we found
- 7 addresses on Downs Road.
- This postcode is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward.
- 86% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 40% across the wider CR5 sample.
- Around 48% of nearby households have two or more cars or vans (Census 2021).
- Coulsdon South station is about 410 m away; fastest weekday train to London Blackfriars 38 min.
CR5 1AB: a Coulsdon postcode on Downs Road
CR5 1AB is a postcode on Downs Road in Coulsdon. It is in London Borough of Croydon, in Coulsdon Town ward, and its MP is Chris Philp (Conservative), who represents Croydon South. The CR5 district straddles several council boundaries, so the ward matters for council tax, school admissions and which council deals with planning and bins.
7 addresses on record. The most common home is a flat of about 128 m² with 3 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C. 86% of rated homes are EPC band C or better, ahead of the 40% across the wider sample.
The postcode sits about 101 m above sea level. 48% of households in the surrounding Census area run two or more cars or vans. The nearest station, Coulsdon South, is 410 m away, and the quickest weekday journey into London in TfL's planner is 38 minutes to Blackfriars.
Map of CR5 1AB, Downs Road: every home
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale.
House prices in CR5 1AB: every recorded sale since 1995
Homes in CR5 1AB, Downs Road: size, energy rating and type
- Median home size
- 128 m²
- Median £/m² (houses, since 2019)
- £2,963
- Median yearly gain on resale
- 1.5%
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- Constituency
- Croydon South
EPC energy ratings in CR5 1AB
Type
Latest house sales in CR5 1AB, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 2, 60 Downs Road | Flat / maisonette | 19 Mar 2024 | £250,000 | 42 m² | – |
| Flat 4, 60 Downs Road | Flat / maisonette | 9 Oct 2020 | £245,000 | 52 m² | – |
| The Farthings, Downs Road | Detached house | 18 Dec 2019 | £1,185,000 | 400 m² | £2,963 |
| Flat 2, 60 Downs Road | Flat / maisonette | 2 May 2019 | £230,000 | 42 m² | – |
| Flat 1, 60 Downs Road | Flat / maisonette | 1 Aug 2018 | £410,000 | 128 m² | – |
| 60a Downs Road | Detached house | 18 Apr 2018 | £842,000 | 215 m² | £3,916 |
| Flat 1, 60 Downs Road | Flat / maisonette | 25 Aug 2016 | £399,950 | 128 m² | – |
| Flat 2, 60 Downs Road | Flat / maisonette | 30 Mar 2016 | £230,000 | 42 m² | – |
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 |
Who lives in and around CR5 1AB: 90% of homes are owner-occupied and 51% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 043A: 1,648 residents in 630 households around CR5 1AB. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1518%
- 15 to 249%
- 25 to 4424%
- 45 to 6427%
- 65 and over21%
Household type
- One person21%
- Couple, no children18%
- Family with children32%
- Other28%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright41%
- Mortgage or shared48%
- Private rented7%
- Social rented3%
Cars and vans per household
- No car8%
- 1 car44%
- 2 cars32%
- 3 or more16%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (833 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good88%
- Fair9%
- Bad or very bad3%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above48%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level21%
- None10%
Schools near CR5 1AB, Downs Road: 8 within 1.8 km, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 740 m 12 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 810 m 13 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 850 m 14 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Coulsdon CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.1 km 18 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Serenity School Other independent special school · ages 11-19 | Special | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.6 km 27 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Chipstead Valley Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.6 km 27 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Keston Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2023 | 1.6 km 27 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| New Valley Primary School Academy sponsor led · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2023 | 1.7 km 28 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 CR5 1AB: 38 minutes to Blackfriars 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.
CR5 1AB to central London
| Blackfriars | 38 min | walk 11 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 41 min | walk 11 min → train 30 min |
Stations near CR5 1AB
| Coulsdon South | 410 m | about 7 min walk |
| Coulsdon Town | 1170 m | about 19 min walk |
| Woodmansterne | 1350 m | about 22 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near CR5 1AB
8 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 404 60 N68. Nearest stop: Bradmore Way, 273 m away.
Energy use around CR5 1AB: homes nearby use 62% more gas than the typical English neighbourhood, and 19% less than in 2019
Average domestic energy use per meter in Croydon 043A (660 gas meters, 684 electricity meters), 2024, from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Gas, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 97% of neighbourhoods in Great Britain. Median meter here: 16,299 kWh.
Electricity, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 88% of neighbourhoods. Median meter here: 3,321 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 CR5 1AB: NO₂ 9.9 µg/m³, inside the UK legal limit and within 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) | 9.9 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 101 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 CR5 1AB: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 4 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 | Woodcote Medical | 920 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Infohealth Pharmacy | 1.0 km | 11 |
| Dentist | mydentist | 1.0 km | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 1.0 km | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 900 m | 5 |
| Post office | Coulsdon Post Office | 900 m | 9 |
| Park or green space | Coulsdon Memorial Ground | 430 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 3.6 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near CR5 1AB
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.
4 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| Parkable | 10 bays | 810 m |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 1.0 km |
| Public charge point | 2.5 km | |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.9 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 CR5 1AB: MP and councillors
Crime, food and planning around CR5 1AB
Crime and policing near CR5 1AB
1,275 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of CR5 1AB
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 684, earlier 6 months: 591.
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 CR5 1AB
54 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 41 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Poppy Cafe At Coulsdon Memorial Park (387 m, rated 5); The White House (397 m, rated 5); The Full Monty Cafe (446 m, rated 5); Coffee Plus (541 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around CR5 1AB
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- Planning authority
- Croydon LPA
Photos of CR5 1AB 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.
How Downs Road compares with the other 104 ranked CR5 roads
Downs Road ranks 100th of 104 CR5 roads for median sale price, at £250,000 against a district-wide road median of £543,750, and 95th of 96 for house price per square metre. 55% of its rated homes reach EPC band C or better, compared with 25% on the typical road. Homes here are held for 4.8 years on average, against 7.3 years across CR5.
| Measure | Downs Road | CR5 road median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price since 2019 | £250,000 | £543,750 | 100th of 104 |
| House price per m² | £3,633 | £5,147 | 95th of 96 |
| Homes rated EPC C or better | 55% | 25% | 35th of 104 |
| Years a home is typically held | 4.8 | 7.3 | 88th of 101 |
| Yearly gain between sales | 3.2% | 5.3% | 81st of 101 |
| Flats as a share of homes | 36% | 0% | 18th of 104 |
Roads with at least eight addresses in our records. Full league table on the street rankings page.
Council tax in CR5 1AB: 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.
CR5 1AB, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What council is CR5 1AB in?
CR5 1AB is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
What is the average house price in CR5 1AB?
CR5 1AB has 13 recorded sales, too few for a reliable median.
How much is council tax in CR5 1AB?
Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
What schools are near CR5 1AB?
The nearest primary and secondary schools include Oasis Academy Byron (740 m), St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (810 m) and Smitham Primary School (850 m).
How much do homes cost in CR5 1AB?
CR5 1AB has 13 recorded sales across 7 addresses, too few for a reliable median.
Which council is CR5 1AB in?
CR5 1AB falls under London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
What is the typical home?
The most common home is a flat of about 128 m² with 3 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C.
Which streets are in CR5 1AB?
Downs Road.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address in CR5 1AB, Downs Road, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Farthings, Downs Road | Detached | 400 m² | F | £1,185,000 · 2019 | £2,963 |
| Flat 1, 60 Downs Road | Flat | 128 m² | C | £410,000 · 2018 | – |
| Flat 2, 60 Downs Road | Flat | 42 m² | C | £250,000 · 2024 | – |
| Flat 4, 60 Downs Road | Flat | 52 m² | C | £245,000 · 2020 | – |
| Flat 5, 60 Downs Road | Flat | 58 m² | B | £275,000 · 2016 | – |
| 60a Downs Road | Detached | 215 m² | B | £842,000 · 2018 | £3,916 |
| 64 Downs Road | Detached | 236 m² | B | £925,000 · 2016 | £3,919 |