Croydon Minster & Waddon North

Croydon · London · population 12,009 · 7 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,187 of 6,856 in England
  • #744 of 1,002 in London
  • #34 of 45 in Croydon
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,926
Median age (est.)34
Density8,332per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above42%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 38%45–64 23%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 13%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 13%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 22%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 16%Other: 14%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 16%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 45%Asian: 16%Black: 25%Mixed: 10%Other: 5%
White 45%Asian 16%Black 25%Mixed 10%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 25% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 43%

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

Croydon Minster & Waddon North is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,187 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #34 of 45 in Croydon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (48) and lowest on Crime (13). Typical homes here sold for about £332,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 125 sales), 22% below the wider Croydon median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,497 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 185 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 20 · #5,496
Employment 27 · #4,995
Education 42 · #3,981
Health 48 · #3,597
Crime 13 · #5,941
Housing & access 26 · #5,043
Living environment 16 · #5,736

House prices ?

£332,000median (12m) · +8.9% yr · n=125
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£332,000125+8.9%+12.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£463,48414+15.1%+1.3%
Terraced£375,000560.0%+11.1%
Flat£258,00053+3.2%+1.7%
This area£332,000
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)£47,497±£6,699 · #1,547 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,308
Price-to-income ?7.0×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

31Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

185 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,223 offences
Croydon86
London102
England83

Rank #6,129 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences649
Theft631
Burglary109
Vehicle crime158
Criminal damage & arson132
Public order & weapons198
Drugs197
Robbery115
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 648 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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