CR3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Caterham, Whyteleafe and Chaldon, in Tandridge.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CR3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in CR3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CR3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CR3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CR3 at a rate of 70.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 98.1 per 1,000 people across the CR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 191 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CR3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (779), other crime (508) and anti-social behaviour (390).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CR3 was 71.8 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in CR3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CR3 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CR3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tandridge 002C | 2,080 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 74.8% |
| Tandridge 002E | 1,315 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 69.5% |
| Tandridge 002F | 1,227 | 104.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 64.0% |
| Tandridge 003A | 1,839 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.7% |
| Tandridge 003B | 1,271 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.0% |
| Tandridge 003C | 1,576 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| Tandridge 003D | 2,201 | 115.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.1% |
| Tandridge 003E | 2,630 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.7% |
| Tandridge 004A | 1,439 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 69.2% |
| Tandridge 004B | 1,720 | 112.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.5% |
| Tandridge 004C | 1,349 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.6% |
| Tandridge 004D | 2,462 | 174.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.6% |
| Tandridge 004E | 2,059 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.8% |
| Tandridge 004F | 2,542 | 20.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 57.0% |
| Tandridge 005A | 1,822 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 56.2% |
| Tandridge 005B | 1,593 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.1% |
| Tandridge 005C | 2,256 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.6% |
MPs for CR3
- Claire CoutinhoConservativeMP for East Surrey97% of CR3’s postcodes
- Chris PhilpConservativeMP for Croydon South2.7% of CR3’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CR34
Postcode sectors in CR35
Council1
Towns in CR32
Postcode districts next to CR37
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CR postcode area2
CR3 in brief
CR3 is a postcode district covering Caterham, Whyteleafe and Chaldon, in Tandridge.
About 32,667 people lived in CR3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £458,750 in 2025 across 450 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 70.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CR3 was £458,750 in 2025.
CR3 had 31,351 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in CR3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CR3, 82.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.