Crystal Palace Triangle

Croydon · London · population 9,663 · 5 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,960 of 6,856 in England
  • #472 of 1,002 in London
  • #19 of 45 in Croydon
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,212
Median age (est.)37
Density6,616per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above54%
No car or van42%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 37%45–64 25%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 23%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 14%Other: 12%
One person 36%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 14%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors15%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 60%Asian: 7%Black: 20%Mixed: 9%Other: 4%
White 60%Asian 7%Black 20%Mixed 9%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 42% · Christian 41% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 30%

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

Crystal Palace Triangle is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,960 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 45 in Croydon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (78) and lowest on Living environment (26). Typical homes here sold for about £404,000 over the past year, down 13% across five years (from 126 sales), in line with the wider Croydon median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,387 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 79 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 37 · #4,289
Employment 35 · #4,426
Education 78 · #1,540
Health 52 · #3,275
Crime 38 · #4,262
Housing & access 27 · #5,002
Living environment 26 · #5,091

House prices ?

£404,000median (12m) · -14.0% yr · n=126
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£404,000126-14.0%-12.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£797,5008+11.5%+25.9%
Terraced£700,00018+0.7%+11.1%
Flat£365,000960.0%-2.0%
This area£404,000
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)£52,387±£7,464 · #741 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,478
Price-to-income ?7.7×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

79 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 766 offences
Croydon86
London102
England83

Rank #4,043 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences278
Theft112
Burglary56
Vehicle crime80
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons85
Drugs40
Robbery32
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 233 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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