CR5 1RB, Fairdene Road, Coulsdon: house prices, sold prices and local information
The most common home is a detached house of about 146 m² with 8 habitable rooms, built 1930–1966 and most often rated EPC D. 7 sales recorded since 1995 across 5 addresses in this postcode, in London Borough of Croydon.
CR5 1RB has 5 homes valued at a median of £803,000, ranking 47th of 218 postcodes in CR5.
- What we found
- 5 addresses on Fairdene Road; houses sold since 2019 for a median £722,500.
- This postcode is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward.
- 20% 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 370 m away; fastest weekday train to London Blackfriars 37 min.
CR5 1RB: a Coulsdon postcode on Fairdene Road
CR5 1RB is a postcode on Fairdene 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.
5 addresses on record. The most common home is a detached house of about 146 m² with 8 habitable rooms, built 1930–1966 and most often rated EPC D. Houses here have sold for a median of £722,500 since 2019, above the CR5 median of £500,000. 20% of rated homes are EPC band C or better, behind the 40% across the wider sample.
The postcode sits about 97 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 370 m away, and the quickest weekday journey into London in TfL's planner is 37 minutes to Blackfriars.
Map of CR5 1RB, Fairdene Road: every home
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale.
House prices in CR5 1RB: every recorded sale since 1995
What homes in CR5 1RB sell for
| Home type | Homes | Sales since 2019 | Median price | Typical size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 5 | 4 | £722,500 | 177 m² | £4,268 |
£/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 CR5 1RB
Middle half of 4 house sales since 2019: £689,375 to £837,500; median £722,500.
Homes in CR5 1RB, Fairdene Road: size, energy rating and type
- Median home size
- 146 m²
- Median £/m² (houses, since 2019)
- £4,268
- Median yearly gain on resale
- 5.1%
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- Constituency
- Croydon South
EPC energy ratings in CR5 1RB
Type
Latest house sales in CR5 1RB, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 Fairdene Road | Detached house | 23 May 2025 | £700,000 | 146 m² | £4,795 |
| 36 Fairdene Road | Detached house | 10 Oct 2024 | £745,000 | 208 m² | £3,582 |
| 42 Fairdene Road | Detached house | 15 Mar 2021 | £1,115,000 | 298 m² | £3,742 |
| 34b Fairdene Road | Detached house | 18 Dec 2020 | £657,500 | 109 m² | £6,032 |
| 34b Fairdene Road | Detached house | 23 Mar 2016 | £560,000 | 109 m² | £5,138 |
| 42 Fairdene Road | Detached house | 19 Oct 2012 | £640,000 | 298 m² | £2,148 |
| 34a Fairdene Road | Detached house | 3 Apr 2009 | £350,000 | 143 m² | £2,448 |
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 £722,500 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 84% more than the authority average.
Who lives in and around CR5 1RB: 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 1RB. 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 1RB, Fairdene 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 730 m 12 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 780 m 13 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 810 m 13 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Coulsdon CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.2 km 19 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Chipstead Valley Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.6 km 25 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 26 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Keston Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2023 | 1.7 km 28 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| New Valley Primary School Academy sponsor led · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 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 CR5 1RB: 37 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 1RB to central London
| Blackfriars | 37 min | walk 10 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 40 min | walk 10 min → train 30 min |
Stations near CR5 1RB
| Coulsdon South | 370 m | about 6 min walk |
| Coulsdon Town | 1130 m | about 18 min walk |
| Woodmansterne | 1260 m | about 21 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near CR5 1RB
11 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 404 405 463 60 633 N68. Nearest stop: Chaldon Way Gardens, 327 m away.
Energy use around CR5 1RB: 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 1RB: 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
- 97 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 1RB: 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 | 850 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Infohealth Pharmacy | 1.0 km | 11 |
| Dentist | mydentist | 930 m | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 1.0 km | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 860 m | 5 |
| Post office | Coulsdon Post Office | 850 m | 9 |
| Park or green space | Coulsdon Memorial Ground | 470 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 3.6 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near CR5 1RB
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 | 760 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 1RB: MP and councillors
Crime, food and planning around CR5 1RB
Crime and policing near CR5 1RB
1,275 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of CR5 1RB
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 1RB
55 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 41 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: The White House (354 m, rated 5); The Full Monty Cafe (384 m, rated 5); Poppy Cafe At Coulsdon Memorial Park (409 m, rated 5); Coffee Plus (553 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around CR5 1RB
- 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 1RB 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 Fairdene Road compares with the other 104 ranked CR5 roads
Fairdene Road ranks 30th of 104 CR5 roads for median sale price, at £615,000 against a district-wide road median of £543,750, and 37th of 96 for house price per square metre. 26% of its rated homes reach EPC band C or better, compared with 25% on the typical road. Homes here are held for 5.9 years on average, against 7.3 years across CR5.
| Measure | Fairdene Road | CR5 road median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price since 2019 | £615,000 | £543,750 | 30th of 104 |
| House price per m² | £5,219 | £5,147 | 37th of 96 |
| Homes rated EPC C or better | 26% | 25% | 51st of 104 |
| Years a home is typically held | 5.9 | 7.3 | 72nd of 101 |
| Yearly gain between sales | 6.3% | 5.3% | 23rd of 101 |
| Flats as a share of homes | 30% | 0% | 24th of 104 |
Roads with at least eight addresses in our records. Full league table on the street rankings page.
Council tax in CR5 1RB: 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 1RB, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What council is CR5 1RB in?
CR5 1RB is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
What is the average house price in CR5 1RB?
Houses in CR5 1RB sold for a median of £722,500 since 2019 (4 sales).
How much is council tax in CR5 1RB?
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 1RB?
The nearest primary and secondary schools include St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (730 m), Smitham Primary School (780 m) and Oasis Academy Byron (810 m).
How much do homes cost in CR5 1RB?
Houses sold since 2019 had a median price of £722,500 (4 sales), about £4,268 per square metre.
Which council is CR5 1RB in?
CR5 1RB 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 detached house of about 146 m² with 8 habitable rooms, built 1930–1966 and most often rated EPC D.
Which streets are in CR5 1RB?
Fairdene Road.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address in CR5 1RB, Fairdene Road, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34a Fairdene Road | Detached | 143 m² | E | £350,000 · 2009 | £2,448 |
| 34b Fairdene Road | Detached | 109 m² | B | £657,500 · 2020 | £6,032 |
| 36 Fairdene Road | Detached | 208 m² | F | £745,000 · 2024 | £3,582 |
| 38 Fairdene Road | Detached | 146 m² | D | £700,000 · 2025 | £4,795 |
| 42 Fairdene Road | Detached | 298 m² | D | £1,115,000 · 2021 | £3,742 |