CR5 2BN, The Avenue, Coulsdon: house prices, sold prices and local information
The most common home is a detached house of about 138.5 m² with 6 habitable rooms, built before 1930 and most often rated EPC D. 30 sales recorded since 1995 across 17 addresses in this postcode, in London Borough of Croydon.
CR5 2BN has 17 homes valued at a median of £633,000, ranking 90th of 218 postcodes in CR5.
- What we found
- 17 addresses on The Avenue; houses sold since 2019 for a median £697,500.
- This postcode is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward.
- 47% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 40% across the wider CR5 sample.
- Around 54% of nearby households have two or more cars or vans (Census 2021).
- Coulsdon Town station is about 290 m away; fastest weekday train to London Blackfriars 42 min.
CR5 2BN: a Coulsdon postcode on The Avenue
CR5 2BN is a postcode on The Avenue 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.
17 addresses on record. The most common home is a detached house of about 138.5 m² with 6 habitable rooms, built before 1930 and most often rated EPC D. Houses here have sold for a median of £697,500 since 2019, above the CR5 median of £500,000. 47% of rated homes are EPC band C or better, ahead of the 40% across the wider sample.
The postcode sits about 96 m above sea level. 54% of households in the surrounding Census area run two or more cars or vans. The nearest station, Coulsdon Town, is 290 m away, and the quickest weekday journey into London in TfL's planner is 42 minutes to Blackfriars.
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Map of CR5 2BN, The Avenue: every home
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale.
House prices in CR5 2BN: every recorded sale since 1995
What homes in CR5 2BN sell for
| Home type | Homes | Sales since 2019 | Median price | Typical size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 7 | 4 | £695,000 | 161 m² | £4,324 |
| Detached | 7 | 2 | £742,500 | 153 m² | £4,912 |
| Flat | 3 | 3 | £335,000 | 68 m² | n/a |
£/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 2BN
Middle half of 6 house sales since 2019: £695,000 to £726,250; median £697,500.
Homes in CR5 2BN, The Avenue: size, energy rating and type
- Median home size
- 138.5 m²
- Median £/m² (houses, since 2019)
- £4,324
- Median yearly gain on resale
- 5.1%
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- Constituency
- Croydon South
EPC energy ratings in CR5 2BN
Type
Latest house sales in CR5 2BN, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 The Avenue | Semi-detached house | 24 Oct 2025 | £625,000 | – | – |
| 4 The Avenue | Semi-detached house | 11 Apr 2024 | £735,000 | 170 m² | £4,324 |
| 7 The Avenue | Semi-detached house | 14 Oct 2022 | £695,000 | 116 m² | £5,991 |
| 14a The Avenue | Detached house | 16 Sept 2022 | £785,000 | 140 m² | £5,607 |
| Flat 1, 9a The Avenue | Flat / maisonette | 28 Apr 2022 | £340,000 | 68 m² | – |
| 14 The Avenue | Semi-detached house | 5 Mar 2021 | £695,000 | 161 m² | £4,317 |
| Flat 1, 9a The Avenue | Flat / maisonette | 20 Oct 2020 | £335,000 | 68 m² | – |
| 11a The Avenue | Detached house | 4 Mar 2020 | £700,000 | 166 m² | £4,217 |
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 £697,500 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 77% more than the authority average.
Who lives in and around CR5 2BN: 88% of homes are owner-occupied and 50% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 038D: 1,456 residents in 515 households around CR5 2BN. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1516%
- 15 to 2412%
- 25 to 4423%
- 45 to 6431%
- 65 and over18%
Household type
- One person16%
- Couple, no children15%
- Family with children34%
- Other35%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright42%
- Mortgage or shared46%
- Private rented11%
- Social rented1%
Cars and vans per household
- No car7%
- 1 car39%
- 2 cars34%
- 3 or more20%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (760 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good89%
- Fair9%
- Bad or very bad2%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above49%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level20%
- None9%
Schools near CR5 2BN, The Avenue: 9 within 1.8 km, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 620 m 10 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Good (Jul 2025) | 760 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 | 820 m 13 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote High School Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2024 | 910 m 15 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 1.2 km 20 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Beaumont Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Standards maintained Ungraded visit, Mar 2025 | 1.3 km 21 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Nicholas School Community special school · ages 4-11 | Special | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.4 km 22 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Chipstead Valley Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.7 km 28 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) | 1.8 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 2BN: 42 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 2BN to central London
| Blackfriars | 42 min | walk 15 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 45 min | walk 15 min → train 30 min |
Stations near CR5 2BN
| Coulsdon Town | 290 m | about 5 min walk |
| Coulsdon South | 810 m | about 13 min walk |
| Woodmansterne | 1170 m | about 19 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near CR5 2BN
18 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 166 404 405 434 463 60 633 N68. Nearest stop: Coulsdon Town Station, 61 m away.
Energy use around CR5 2BN: homes nearby use 81% more gas than the typical English neighbourhood, and 18% less than in 2019
Average domestic energy use per meter in Croydon 038D (536 gas meters, 549 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: 19,797 kWh.
Electricity, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 90% of neighbourhoods. Median meter here: 3,531 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 2BN: NO₂ 10.8 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) | 10.8 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 96 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 2BN: 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 | Bramley Avenue Surgery | 200 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 110 m | 11 |
| Dentist | Coulsdon Dental Practice | 150 m | 12 |
| Supermarket | Waitrose | 80 m | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 300 m | 5 |
| Post office | Coulsdon Post Office | 380 m | 9 |
| Park or green space | Coulsdon Memorial Ground | 880 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 2.6 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near CR5 2BN
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 | 200 m |
| Parkable | 10 bays | 460 m |
| Public charge point | 1.4 km | |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.3 km |
| Public charge point | 2.5 km |
Show 1 more sites
| Public charge point | 2.5 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 2BN: MP and councillors
Crime, food and planning around CR5 2BN
Crime and policing near CR5 2BN
1,638 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of CR5 2BN
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 851, earlier 6 months: 787.
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 2BN
57 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 37 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Waitrose (83 m, rated 5); Nonna Rosa's (91 m, rated 3); Coulsdon News (96 m, rated 4); Little Dessert Shop (103 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around CR5 2BN
- 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 2BN 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 Avenue compares with the other 104 ranked CR5 roads
The Avenue ranks 21st of 104 CR5 roads for median sale price, at £695,000 against a district-wide road median of £543,750, and 87th of 96 for house price per square metre. 47% of its rated homes reach EPC band C or better, compared with 25% on the typical road. Homes here are held for 6.5 years on average, against 7.3 years across CR5.
| Measure | The Avenue | CR5 road median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price since 2019 | £695,000 | £543,750 | 21st of 104 |
| House price per m² | £4,320 | £5,147 | 87th of 96 |
| Homes rated EPC C or better | 47% | 25% | 39th of 104 |
| Years a home is typically held | 6.5 | 7.3 | 63rd of 101 |
| Yearly gain between sales | 5.1% | 5.3% | 59th of 101 |
| Flats as a share of homes | 18% | 0% | 29th of 104 |
Roads with at least eight addresses in our records. Full league table on the street rankings page.
Council tax in CR5 2BN: 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 2BN, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What council is CR5 2BN in?
CR5 2BN is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
What is the average house price in CR5 2BN?
Houses in CR5 2BN sold for a median of £697,500 since 2019 (6 sales).
How much is council tax in CR5 2BN?
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 2BN?
The nearest primary and secondary schools include Smitham Primary School (620 m), Woodcote Primary School (760 m) and St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (820 m).
How much do homes cost in CR5 2BN?
Houses sold since 2019 had a median price of £697,500 (6 sales), about £4,324 per square metre.
Which council is CR5 2BN in?
CR5 2BN 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 138.5 m² with 6 habitable rooms, built before 1930 and most often rated EPC D.
Which streets are in CR5 2BN?
The Avenue.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address in CR5 2BN, The Avenue, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 The Avenue | Detached | 113 m² | D | £418,000 · 2008 | £3,699 |
| Flat 1, 9a The Avenue | Flat | 68 m² | B | £340,000 · 2022 | – |
| Flat 2, 9a The Avenue | Flat | 68 m² | B | £320,000 · 2019 | – |
| 3 The Avenue | Detached | 102 m² | D | £362,500 · 2008 | £3,554 |
| 4 The Avenue | Semi-detached | 170 m² | C | £735,000 · 2024 | £4,324 |
| 6 The Avenue | Detached | 104 m² | F | £475,000 · 2017 | £4,567 |
| 7 The Avenue | Semi-detached | 116 m² | D | £695,000 · 2022 | £5,991 |
| 8 The Avenue | Flat | 156 m² | D | £295,000 · 2015 | – |
| 9 The Avenue | Semi-detached | 254 m² | C | £575,000 · 2015 | £2,264 |
| 11 The Avenue | Semi-detached | 187 m² | C | £345,000 · 2013 | £1,845 |
| 11a The Avenue | Detached | 166 m² | B | £700,000 · 2020 | £4,217 |
| 12 The Avenue | Detached | 137 m² | B | £125,000 · 1996 | £912 |