CR5 3JY, Whattingdon Road, Coulsdon: house prices, sold prices and local information
The most common home is a semi-detached house of about 128 m² with 0 habitable rooms, of mixed age and most often rated EPC B. 17 sales recorded since 1995 across 15 addresses in this postcode, in London Borough of Croydon.
CR5 3JY has 15 homes valued at a median of £708,000, ranking 64th of 218 postcodes in CR5.
- What we found
- 15 addresses on Whattingdon Road; houses sold since 2019 for a median £599,995.
- This postcode is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward.
- 100% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 40% across the wider CR5 sample.
- Around 42% of nearby households have two or more cars or vans (Census 2021).
- Woodmansterne station is about 820 m away; fastest weekday train to London Blackfriars 44 min.
CR5 3JY: a Coulsdon postcode on Whattingdon Road
CR5 3JY is a postcode on Whattingdon 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.
15 addresses on record. The most common home is a semi-detached house of about 128 m² with 0 habitable rooms, of mixed age and most often rated EPC B. Houses here have sold for a median of £599,995 since 2019, above the CR5 median of £500,000. 100% of rated homes are EPC band C or better, ahead of the 40% across the wider sample.
The postcode sits about 140 m above sea level. 42% of households in the surrounding Census area run two or more cars or vans. The nearest station, Woodmansterne, is 820 m away, and the quickest weekday journey into London in TfL's planner is 44 minutes to Blackfriars.
Map of CR5 3JY, Whattingdon Road: every home
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale.
House prices in CR5 3JY: every recorded sale since 1995
What homes in CR5 3JY sell for
| Home type | Homes | Sales since 2019 | Median price | Typical size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 11 | 13 | £594,995 | 128 m² | £4,687 |
| Detached | 4 | 4 | £699,998 | 188 m² | £4,282 |
£/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 3JY
Middle half of 17 house sales since 2019: £594,995 to £600,000; median £599,995.
Homes in CR5 3JY, Whattingdon Road: size, energy rating and type
- Median home size
- 128 m²
- Median £/m² (houses, since 2019)
- £4,648
- Median yearly gain on resale
- 3.0%
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- Constituency
- Croydon South
EPC energy ratings in CR5 3JY
Type
Latest house sales in CR5 3JY, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached house | 7 Mar 2024 | £660,000 | 116 m² | £5,690 |
| 11 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached house | 22 Aug 2022 | £625,000 | 113 m² | £5,531 |
| 9 Whattingdon Road | Detached house | 9 Sept 2020 | £799,995 | 188 m² | £4,255 |
| 18 Whattingdon Road | Detached house | 28 Aug 2020 | £589,995 | 111 m² | £5,315 |
| 16 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached house | 27 Aug 2020 | £600,000 | 116 m² | £5,172 |
| 14 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached house | 30 Jul 2020 | £600,000 | 116 m² | £5,172 |
| 11 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached house | 16 Jul 2020 | £584,995 | 113 m² | £5,177 |
| 12 Whattingdon Road | Detached house | 18 Jun 2020 | £600,000 | 188 m² | £3,191 |
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 £599,995 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 52% more than the authority average.
Who lives in and around CR5 3JY: 84% of homes are owner-occupied and 54% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 043E: 2,908 residents in 992 households around CR5 3JY. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1525%
- 15 to 249%
- 25 to 4436%
- 45 to 6420%
- 65 and over10%
Household type
- One person13%
- Couple, no children18%
- Family with children49%
- Other21%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright24%
- Mortgage or shared62%
- Private rented7%
- Social rented8%
Cars and vans per household
- No car8%
- 1 car50%
- 2 cars31%
- 3 or more11%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (1,545 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good90%
- Fair7%
- Bad or very bad3%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above53%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level18%
- None8%
Schools near CR5 3JY, Whattingdon Road: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 650 m 11 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 840 m 14 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Chipstead Valley Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 900 m 15 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) | 1.0 km 17 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 1.5 km 25 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 3JY: 44 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 3JY to central London
| Blackfriars | 44 min | walk 17 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 47 min | walk 17 min → train 30 min |
Stations near CR5 3JY
| Woodmansterne | 820 m | about 13 min walk |
| Coulsdon South | 920 m | about 15 min walk |
| Chipstead | 1380 m | about 22 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near CR5 3JY
6 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 404 405 434. Nearest stop: Crawford Crescent, 162 m away.
Energy use around CR5 3JY: homes nearby use 37% more gas than the typical English neighbourhood, and 14% less than in 2019
Average domestic energy use per meter in Croydon 043E (1,003 gas meters, 983 electricity meters), 2024, from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Gas, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 90% of neighbourhoods in Great Britain. Median meter here: 13,554 kWh.
Electricity, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 86% of neighbourhoods. Median meter here: 3,187 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 3JY: 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
- 140 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 3JY: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 3 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 | 890 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Valley Pharmacy | 750 m | 11 |
| Dentist | mydentist | 1.2 km | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 1.3 km | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 1.2 km | 5 |
| Post office | Coulsdon Post Office | 1.1 km | 9 |
| Park or green space | Farthing Downs | 1.1 km | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 4.0 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near CR5 3JY
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.
3 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| Parkable | 10 bays | 1.0 km |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 1.3 km |
| Public charge point | 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 3JY: MP and councillors
Crime, food and planning around CR5 3JY
Crime and policing near CR5 3JY
1,247 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of CR5 3JY
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 663, earlier 6 months: 584.
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 3JY
57 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 39 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: St Aidans Roman Catholic Primary School (314 m, rated 5); Olive Dining At Smitham Primary School (314 m, rated 5); The Full Monty Cafe (437 m, rated 5); The White House (538 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around CR5 3JY
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- Yes
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- Planning authority
- Croydon LPA
Photos of CR5 3JY 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 Whattingdon Road compares with the other 104 ranked CR5 roads
Whattingdon Road ranks 35th of 104 CR5 roads for median sale price, at £599,995 against a district-wide road median of £543,750, and 75th of 96 for house price per square metre. 100% of its rated homes reach EPC band C or better, compared with 25% on the typical road. Homes here are held for 2.8 years on average, against 7.3 years across CR5.
| Measure | Whattingdon Road | CR5 road median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price since 2019 | £599,995 | £543,750 | 35th of 104 |
| House price per m² | £4,648 | £5,147 | 75th of 96 |
| Homes rated EPC C or better | 100% | 25% | 7th of 104 |
| Years a home is typically held | 2.8 | 7.3 | 101st of 101 |
| Yearly gain between sales | 3.0% | 5.3% | 82nd of 101 |
| Flats as a share of homes | 0% | 0% | 85th of 104 |
Roads with at least eight addresses in our records. Full league table on the street rankings page.
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Council tax in CR5 3JY: 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 3JY, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What council is CR5 3JY in?
CR5 3JY is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
What is the average house price in CR5 3JY?
Houses in CR5 3JY sold for a median of £599,995 since 2019 (17 sales).
How much is council tax in CR5 3JY?
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 3JY?
The nearest primary and secondary schools include St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (650 m), Smitham Primary School (840 m) and Chipstead Valley Primary School (900 m).
How much do homes cost in CR5 3JY?
Houses sold since 2019 had a median price of £599,995 (17 sales), about £4,648 per square metre.
Which council is CR5 3JY in?
CR5 3JY 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 semi-detached house of about 128 m² with 0 habitable rooms, of mixed age and most often rated EPC B.
Which streets are in CR5 3JY?
Whattingdon Road.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address in CR5 3JY, Whattingdon Road, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached | 128 m² | B | £594,995 · 2019 | £4,648 |
| 2 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached | 128 m² | B | £594,995 · 2019 | £4,648 |
| 3 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached | 128 m² | B | £594,995 · 2019 | £4,648 |
| 4 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached | 128 m² | B | £594,995 · 2020 | £4,648 |
| 5 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached | 128 m² | B | £594,995 · 2019 | £4,648 |
| 6 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached | 128 m² | B | £594,995 · 2019 | £4,648 |
| 7 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached | 128 m² | B | £599,995 · 2019 | £4,687 |
| 8 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached | 128 m² | B | £599,995 · 2019 | £4,687 |
| 9 Whattingdon Road | Detached | 188 m² | B | £799,995 · 2020 | £4,255 |
| 10 Whattingdon Road | Detached | 188 m² | B | £809,995 · 2020 | £4,308 |
| 11 Whattingdon Road | Semi-detached | 113 m² | B | £625,000 · 2022 | £5,531 |
| 12 Whattingdon Road | Detached | 188 m² | B | £600,000 · 2020 | £3,191 |