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Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood

Ward

North Croydon. About 17,145 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
16,351
531st most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Crystal Palace & Upper NorwoodMiddle
Population28 wards, Croydon · 2021
Population: every ward in Croydon28 areas from 5,786 to 20,212. The middle area is 15,266. Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood is 16,351.
16,3519th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares28 wards, Croydon · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Croydon28 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 45.0%. Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage28 wards, Croydon · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Croydon28 areas from 61.2% to 98.3%. The middle area is 92.3%. Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood is 86.9%.
86.9%7th lowest
Claimant rate28 wards, Croydon · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Croydon28 areas from 2.5% to 8.7%. The middle area is 6.0%. Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood is 5.9%.
5.9%14th lowest

Is Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood at a rate of 79.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 103.0 per 1,000 people across Croydon.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 102 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (415), anti-social behaviour (303) and other crime (199).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Croydon

These figures are published for the whole of Croydon, not for each ward, so they describe all of Croydon and not Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood alone. See Croydon

Average house price
£396,718
Down 1.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,326
60th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.0×
Joint 90th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
22.6
Joint 106th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood in brief

Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood had 16,351 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood, 5.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.