Addiscombe East

Croydon · London · population 6,198 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

75Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,726 of 6,856 in England
  • #187 of 1,002 in London
  • #11 of 45 in Croydon
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,236
Median age (est.)43
Density6,048per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above44%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 5%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 11%Other: 21%
One person 21%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 11%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors15%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 57%Asian: 16%Black: 16%Mixed: 9%Other: 3%
White 57%Asian 16%Black 16%Mixed 9%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 27% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 27%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Addiscombe East is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,726 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 45 in Croydon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (78) and lowest on Living environment (26). Typical homes here sold for about £556,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 62 sales), 31% above the wider Croydon median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £56,832 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 67 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 68 · #2,192
Employment 72 · #1,945
Education 74 · #1,815
Health 78 · #1,486
Crime 58 · #2,891
Housing & access 64 · #2,432
Living environment 26 · #5,071

House prices ?

£556,500median (12m) · +7.0% yr · n=62
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£556,50062+7.0%+23.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£650,00017-0.8%+56.6%
Terraced£553,00035+6.3%+19.5%
Flat£208,0009-34.5%-25.0%
This area£556,500
Croydon£425,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£56,832±£8,076 · #339 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£47,533
Price-to-income ?9.8×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

24Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

67 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 414 offences
Croydon86
London102
England83

Rank #3,328 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences150
Theft84
Burglary40
Vehicle crime48
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons37
Drugs20
Robbery11
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 102 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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