CR5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Coulsdon and Chipstead, in Croydon and Reigate and Banstead.
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 CR5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in CR5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CR5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CR5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CR5 at a rate of 58.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 98.1 per 1,000 people across the CR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 167 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CR5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (638), anti-social behaviour (377) and other crime (281).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CR5 was 56.5 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 CR5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CR5 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CR5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon 038D | 1,456 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| Croydon 041A | 1,493 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.6% |
| Croydon 041B | 1,758 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.3% |
| Croydon 041C | 2,597 | 135.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.0% |
| Croydon 043A | 1,649 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.9% |
| Croydon 043B | 1,340 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Croydon 043C | 1,349 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Croydon 043D | 1,881 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.1% |
| Croydon 043E | 2,910 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.0% |
| Croydon 044A | 1,649 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.8% |
| Croydon 044B | 1,460 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.6% |
| Croydon 044C | 1,653 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| Croydon 044D | 1,357 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.7% |
| Croydon 044E | 1,482 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.9% |
| Reigate and Banstead 004C | 1,660 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 71.6% |
| Reigate and Banstead 004D | 1,480 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 65.9% |
| Reigate and Banstead 004E | 2,749 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 71.3% |
| Sutton 024D | 1,714 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.4% |
MPs for CR5
- Chris PhilpConservativeMP for Croydon South75% of CR5’s postcodes
- Rebecca PaulConservativeMP for Reigate13% of CR5’s postcodes
- Claire CoutinhoConservativeMP for East Surrey7.0% of CR5’s postcodes
- Bobby DeanLiberal DemocratMP for Carshalton and Wallington5.1% of CR5’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 CR54
Postcode sectors in CR54
Councils CR5 covers2
Towns in CR52
Postcode districts next to CR56
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CR postcode area2
CR5 in brief
CR5 is a postcode district covering Coulsdon and Chipstead, in Croydon and Reigate and Banstead.
About 33,230 people lived in CR5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £545,000 in 2025 across 379 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CR5 was £545,000 in 2025.
CR5 had 32,044 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in CR5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CR5, 87.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.