CR7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Thornton Heath, Norbury and Upper Norwood, in Croydon.
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 CR7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CR7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CR7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CR7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CR7 at a rate of 111.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 98.1 per 1,000 people across the CR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 430 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CR7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,875), anti-social behaviour (1,117) and other crime (794).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CR7 was 111.9 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 CR7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CR7 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CR7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon 002D | 1,947 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Croydon 003D | 1,739 | 87.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Croydon 005A | 1,782 | 90.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.6% |
| Croydon 005B | 1,762 | 98.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Croydon 005C | 1,750 | 105.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.5% |
| Croydon 005D | 2,062 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.4% |
| Croydon 006A | 1,530 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Croydon 006B | 1,587 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| Croydon 006D | 1,632 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Croydon 006E | 1,961 | 80.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Croydon 009A | 1,591 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Croydon 009B | 1,714 | 148.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Croydon 009C | 1,329 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Croydon 009D | 1,499 | 104.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| Croydon 009E | 1,324 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Croydon 009F | 1,472 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Croydon 010A | 1,493 | 125.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Croydon 010B | 1,338 | 106.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Croydon 010C | 1,588 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.4% |
| Croydon 010E | 1,794 | 351.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.9% |
| Croydon 011A | 1,691 | 68.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Croydon 011B | 1,639 | 98.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Croydon 011C | 1,847 | 139.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.4% |
| Croydon 011D | 1,358 | 82.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% |
| Croydon 011E | 1,821 | 261.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.0% |
| Croydon 011F | 1,299 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Croydon 013A | 1,410 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.7% |
| Croydon 015D | 1,626 | 342.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.3% |
| Croydon 016D | 1,664 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
MPs for CR7
- Sarah JonesLabourMP for Croydon West57% of CR7’s postcodes
- Steve ReedLabour (Co-op)MP for Streatham and Croydon North42% of CR7’s postcodes
- Dame Siobhain McDonaghLabourMP for Mitcham and Morden1.3% of CR7’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 CR75
Postcode sectors in CR74
Council1
Towns in CR71
Postcode districts next to CR75
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CR postcode area2
CR7 in brief
CR7 is a postcode district covering Thornton Heath, Norbury and Upper Norwood, in Croydon.
About 48,831 people lived in CR7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £411,000 in 2025 across 334 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 111.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CR7 was £411,000 in 2025.
CR7 had 46,307 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CR7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CR7, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.