CR5 2AW, The Vale, Coulsdon: house prices, sold prices and local information
The most common home is a detached house of about 119 m² with 6 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C. 25 sales recorded since 1995 across 15 addresses in this postcode, in London Borough of Croydon.
CR5 2AW has 15 homes valued at a median of £694,000, ranking 68th of 218 postcodes in CR5.
- What we found
- 15 addresses on The Vale; houses sold since 2019 for a median £565,000.
- This postcode is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward.
- 40% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 40% across the wider CR5 sample.
- Around 50% of nearby households have two or more cars or vans (Census 2021).
- Coulsdon Town station is about 700 m away; fastest weekday train to London Victoria 61 min.
CR5 2AW: a Coulsdon postcode on The Vale
CR5 2AW is a postcode on The Vale 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.
15 addresses on record. The most common home is a detached house of about 119 m² with 6 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C. Houses here have sold for a median of £565,000 since 2019, above the CR5 median of £500,000. 40% of rated homes are EPC band C or better, behind the 40% across the wider sample.
The postcode sits about 113 m above sea level. 50% of households in the surrounding Census area run two or more cars or vans. The nearest station, Coulsdon Town, is 700 m away, and the quickest weekday journey into London in TfL's planner is 61 minutes to Victoria.
Map of CR5 2AW, The Vale: every home
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale.
House prices in CR5 2AW: every recorded sale since 1995
What homes in CR5 2AW sell for
| Home type | Homes | Sales since 2019 | Median price | Typical size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 6 | 2 | £591,250 | 109 m² | £5,409 |
| Detached | 9 | 4 | £565,000 | 117 m² | £5,231 |
£/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 2AW
Middle half of 6 house sales since 2019: £515,000 to £654,375; median £565,000.
Homes in CR5 2AW, The Vale: size, energy rating and type
- Median home size
- 119 m²
- Median £/m² (houses, since 2019)
- £5,338
- Median yearly gain on resale
- 4.9%
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- Constituency
- Croydon South
EPC energy ratings in CR5 2AW
Type
Latest house sales in CR5 2AW, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 The Vale | Semi-detached house | 14 Nov 2024 | £667,500 | 120 m² | £5,563 |
| 44 The Vale | Detached house | 25 Jul 2022 | £720,000 | 117 m² | £6,154 |
| 2a The Vale | Semi-detached house | 22 Jan 2021 | £515,000 | 98 m² | £5,255 |
| 64 The Vale | Detached house | 30 Nov 2020 | £615,000 | 122 m² | £5,041 |
| 36 The Vale | Detached house | 6 Nov 2020 | £515,000 | 95 m² | £5,421 |
| 44 The Vale | Detached house | 11 Oct 2019 | £515,000 | 117 m² | £4,402 |
| 22 The Vale | Semi-detached house | 6 Nov 2018 | £500,000 | 120 m² | £4,167 |
| 46 The Vale | Detached house | 25 May 2017 | £555,000 | 107.25 m² | £5,175 |
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 £565,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 44% more than the authority average.
Who lives in and around CR5 2AW: 90% of homes are owner-occupied and 54% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 038C: 1,457 residents in 493 households around CR5 2AW. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1517%
- 15 to 2412%
- 25 to 4424%
- 45 to 6428%
- 65 and over18%
Household type
- One person15%
- Couple, no children14%
- Family with children38%
- Other32%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright39%
- Mortgage or shared51%
- Private rented8%
- Social rented1%
Cars and vans per household
- No car9%
- 1 car41%
- 2 cars34%
- 3 or more17%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (731 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good89%
- Fair8%
- Bad or very bad2%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above52%
- A level or equivalent15%
- GCSE level17%
- None10%
Schools near CR5 2AW, The Vale: 10 within 1.8 km, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodcote Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Good (Jul 2025) | 340 m 6 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote High School Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2024 | 490 m 8 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Beaumont Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Standards maintained Ungraded visit, Mar 2025 | 950 m 15 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Nicholas School Community special school · ages 4-11 | Special | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.0 km 16 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Cumnor House School Other independent school · ages 4-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.2 km 19 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 1.3 km 20 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St David's School Other independent school · ages 3-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.3 km 21 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 1.5 km 24 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 1.7 km 28 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Laleham Lea School Other independent school · ages 3-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 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 2AW: 61 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.
CR5 2AW to central London
| Victoria | 61 min | walk 17 min → train 6 min → train 25 min |
| Blackfriars | 63 min | walk 17 min → train 21 min → train 20 min |
Stations near CR5 2AW
| Coulsdon Town | 700 m | about 11 min walk |
| Reedham | 810 m | about 13 min walk |
| Coulsdon South | 1440 m | about 23 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near CR5 2AW
14 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 166 405 434 463 466 60 633 N68. Nearest stop: Woodcrest Road, 135 m away.
Energy use around CR5 2AW: homes nearby use 86% more gas than the typical English neighbourhood, and 20% less than in 2019
Average domestic energy use per meter in Croydon 038C (546 gas meters, 556 electricity meters), 2024, from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Gas, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 99% of neighbourhoods in Great Britain. Median meter here: 18,835 kWh.
Electricity, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 90% of neighbourhoods. Median meter here: 3,517 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 2AW: NO₂ 11.2 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) | 11.2 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 113 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 2AW: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 6 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 Coulsdon Medical Practice | 520 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 770 m | 11 |
| Dentist | Ivory Dental | 350 m | 12 |
| Supermarket | Waitrose | 730 m | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 1.0 km | 5 |
| Post office | Coulsdon Post Office | 1.0 km | 9 |
| Park or green space | Woodcote Village Green | 710 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 1.9 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near CR5 2AW
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.
6 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 850 m |
| Public charge point | 860 m | |
| Parkable | 10 bays | 1.1 km |
| Public charge point | 1.8 km | |
| Public charge point | 1.9 km |
Show 1 more sites
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.0 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 2AW: MP and councillors
Crime, food and planning around CR5 2AW
Crime and policing near CR5 2AW
1,673 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of CR5 2AW
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 878, earlier 6 months: 795.
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 2AW
57 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 40 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Achieve Together (227 m, rated 5); Woodcote Care Home (235 m, rated 5); Aahana House (247 m, rated 5); Oregon Care (266 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around CR5 2AW
- 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 2AW 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 The Vale compares with the other 104 ranked CR5 roads
The Vale ranks 45th of 104 CR5 roads for median sale price, at £565,000 against a district-wide road median of £543,750, and 30th of 96 for house price per square metre. 40% of its rated homes reach EPC band C or better, compared with 25% on the typical road. Homes here are held for 6.0 years on average, against 7.3 years across CR5.
| Measure | The Vale | CR5 road median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price since 2019 | £565,000 | £543,750 | 45th of 104 |
| House price per m² | £5,338 | £5,147 | 30th of 96 |
| Homes rated EPC C or better | 40% | 25% | 44th of 104 |
| Years a home is typically held | 6.0 | 7.3 | 68th of 101 |
| Yearly gain between sales | 4.9% | 5.3% | 66th of 101 |
| Flats as a share of homes | 0% | 0% | 75th of 104 |
Roads with at least eight addresses in our records. Full league table on the street rankings page.
Council tax in CR5 2AW: 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 2AW, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What council is CR5 2AW in?
CR5 2AW is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
What is the average house price in CR5 2AW?
Houses in CR5 2AW sold for a median of £565,000 since 2019 (6 sales).
How much is council tax in CR5 2AW?
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 2AW?
The nearest primary and secondary schools include Woodcote Primary School (340 m), Woodcote High School (490 m) and Beaumont Primary School (950 m).
How much do homes cost in CR5 2AW?
Houses sold since 2019 had a median price of £565,000 (6 sales), about £5,338 per square metre.
Which council is CR5 2AW in?
CR5 2AW 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 119 m² with 6 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C.
Which streets are in CR5 2AW?
The Vale.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address in CR5 2AW, The Vale, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a The Vale | Semi-detached | 98 m² | C | £515,000 · 2021 | £5,255 |
| 14 The Vale | Semi-detached | 157 m² | E | £307,000 · 2006 | £1,955 |
| 16 The Vale | Semi-detached | 99 m² | D | £330,000 · 2013 | £3,333 |
| 22 The Vale | Semi-detached | 120 m² | C | £667,500 · 2024 | £5,563 |
| 26 The Vale | Semi-detached | 117 m² | E | £300,000 · 2011 | £2,564 |
| 30 The Vale | Semi-detached | 87.6 m² | D | £260,000 · 2009 | £2,968 |
| 34 The Vale | Detached | 143 m² | E | £550,000 · 2014 | £3,846 |
| 36 The Vale | Detached | 95 m² | D | £515,000 · 2020 | £5,421 |
| 40 The Vale | Detached | 136.16 m² | C | £400,000 · 2012 | £2,938 |
| 42 The Vale | Detached | 127 m² | B | £400,000 · 2007 | £3,150 |
| 44 The Vale | Detached | 117 m² | C | £720,000 · 2022 | £6,154 |
| 46 The Vale | Detached | 107.25 m² | D | £555,000 · 2017 | £5,175 |