Cruden Place, Coulsdon CR5: house prices, homes and local area information
The most common home is a other house of about 137 m² with 0 habitable rooms, of mixed age and most often rated EPC B. 5 addresses are in our records and 5 sales since 1995.
Latest recorded sale 16 Dec 2016. How we calculate this.
- What we found
- 5 sales on record since 1995 across 5 addresses.
- 5 addresses in 1 postcode: CR5 3FU.
- 100% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 40% across the wider CR5 sample.
- Fastest weekday train to London Blackfriars 39 min, including the walk to Coulsdon South (510 m).
- In Coulsdon Town ward, London Borough of Croydon.
About Cruden Place, Coulsdon CR5: a small street
Cruden Place is a small street in Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon. We hold 5 addresses on it in CR5 3FU, in Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency. The nearest station is Coulsdon South, about 510 m away.
The most common home is a other house of about 137 m² with 0 habitable rooms, of mixed age and most often rated EPC B. 0% of rated homes sit in EPC band D and 100% reach band C or better, compared with 40% across the wider CR5 sample. By type: other types 60%, detached houses 40%.
There are too few recent sales on Cruden Place to publish a reliable median, so the figures below lean on the postcode and the wider area.
Map of Cruden Place: every home by price per m²
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale. Switch the colouring to see where prices, energy ratings and recent sales cluster.
Cruden Place house prices: every sale on record
Every recorded sale since 1995. Highest recorded sale £587,995 (2 Cruden Place, 2016); lowest £499,995 (2016).
Homes on Cruden Place: mostly other, and most are rated EPC B
Type
Tenure when last surveyed
Median home: 137 m².
EPC energy ratings on Cruden Place
0% of rated homes are D or below, against 60% across the wider CR5 sample.
Latest house sales on Cruden Place, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cruden Place | Detached house | 16 Dec 2016 | £586,995 | 137 m² | £4,285 |
| 2 Cruden Place | Detached house | 16 Dec 2016 | £587,995 | 137 m² | £4,292 |
| 6 Cruden Place | Detached house | 28 Oct 2016 | £549,995 | 139 m² | £3,957 |
| 3 Cruden Place | Detached house | 30 Sept 2016 | £499,995 | 105 m² | £4,762 |
| 4 Cruden Place | Detached house | 30 Sept 2016 | £540,995 | 118 m² | £4,585 |
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 around Cruden Place, Coulsdon: 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 Cruden Place. 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 Cruden Place, Coulsdon: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 260 m 4 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 420 m 7 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Chipstead Valley Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.1 km 18 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 |
| Serenity School Other independent special school · ages 11-19 | Special | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.5 km 24 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Good (Jul 2025) | 1.7 km 27 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Coulsdon CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.7 km 27 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote High School Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2024 | 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 Cruden Place: 39 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.
Cruden Place to central London
| Blackfriars | 39 min | walk 12 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 42 min | walk 12 min → train 30 min |
Stations near Cruden Place
| Coulsdon South | 510 m | about 8 min walk |
| Woodmansterne | 750 m | about 12 min walk |
| Coulsdon Town | 1100 m | about 18 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Cruden Place
10 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 404 405. Nearest stop: Shaftesbury Lane, 48 m away.
Living on Cruden Place, Coulsdon: stations, shops, schools and green space
The nearest stations are Coulsdon South, about 510 m away, and Woodmansterne, about 750 m. In TfL's journey planner the quickest weekday trip arriving by 08:30 reaches London Blackfriars in 39 minutes, walking included. 2 bus routes serve stops within a few minutes' walk: 404 and 405, with Shaftesbury Lane the closest stop.
Aldi and Waitrose are the nearest supermarkets. GP surgeries in reach include Woodcote Medical, Bramley Avenue Surgery and The Coulsdon Medical Practice. For schools, St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (good), Smitham Primary School (good) and Chipstead Valley Primary School (outstanding) are the closest primarys, and Woodcote High School (good) is the nearest secondary school at 1.8 km. Admissions rules and catchments vary, so check them with Croydon before relying on distance.
Coulsdon Memorial Ground, Farthing Downs, Bleakfield Shaw and Corrigan Recreation Ground are the nearest named green spaces. Our Coulsdon guide covers the wider area in more detail.
Energy use around Cruden Place: 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 Cruden Place: 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
- 121 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 Cruden Place: 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 | 480 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Valley Pharmacy | 540 m | 11 |
| Dentist | mydentist | 730 m | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 840 m | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 720 m | 5 |
| Post office | Coulsdon Post Office | 620 m | 9 |
| Park or green space | Coulsdon Memorial Ground | 760 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 3.5 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near Cruden Place
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 | 540 m |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 870 m |
| Public charge point | 2.4 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 Cruden Place: MP and councillors
Crime, food and planning around Cruden Place
Crime and policing near Cruden Place
1,386 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Cruden Place
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 730, earlier 6 months: 656.
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 Cruden Place
56 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 41 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Olive Dining At Smitham Primary School (428 m, rated 5); St Aidans Roman Catholic Primary School (428 m, rated 5); The Full Monty Cafe (506 m, rated 5); Greggs At MFG Coulsdon (513 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around Cruden Place
- 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
Council tax on Cruden Place: 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.
Cruden Place, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the average house price on Cruden Place, Coulsdon?
Cruden Place has too few recent house sales for a reliable median: 5 sales are recorded since 1995.
Which council covers Cruden Place?
Cruden Place is in Coulsdon Town ward in London Borough of Croydon, and in the Croydon South parliamentary constituency.
How far is Cruden Place from the nearest station?
Coulsdon South is about 510 m from the middle of Cruden Place, around 8 minutes' walk, and Woodmansterne is 750 m away.
What energy rating do homes on Cruden Place have?
100% of rated homes on Cruden Place are EPC band C or better, against 40% across CR5.
What council tax do you pay on Cruden Place?
Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
Which schools are near Cruden Place?
The nearest schools include St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (260 m), Smitham Primary School (420 m) and Chipstead Valley Primary School (1.1 km). Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas.
How much does a house cost on Cruden Place?
Cruden Place has 5 recorded sales since 1995, too few to publish a reliable median. The nearest comparison is Coulsdon, where the median sale since 2019 is £550,000.
How is this calculated?
Sales come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, and floor areas and energy ratings from the EPC register. Medians use sales since 2019; £/m² uses houses only. See the method note below.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address on Cruden Place, Coulsdon CR5
5 addresses in our records. Filter by number.
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Cruden Place | Detached | 137 m² | B | £586,995 · 2016 | £4,285 |
| 2 Cruden Place | Detached | 137 m² | B | £587,995 · 2016 | £4,292 |
| 3 Cruden Place | Other | 105 m² | B | £499,995 · 2016 | £4,762 |
| 4 Cruden Place | Other | 118 m² | B | £540,995 · 2016 | £4,585 |
| 6 Cruden Place | Other | 139 m² | B | £549,995 · 2016 | £3,957 |
Method. Statistics are computed from the 5 addresses on this road in our records. Medians use sales since 2019 unless stated.