Norbury East

Croydon · London · population 8,103 · 4 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,625 of 6,856 in England
  • #608 of 1,002 in London
  • #26 of 45 in Croydon
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,914
Median age (est.)38
Density6,456per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above40%
No car or van35%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 31%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 19%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 17%Other: 25%
One person 25%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 17%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 36%Asian: 27%Black: 25%Mixed: 7%Other: 5%
White 36%Asian 27%Black 25%Mixed 7%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · Muslim 21% · No religion 18%

Born outside the UK: 44%

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

Norbury East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,625 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 45 in Croydon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (56) and lowest on Income (21). Typical homes here sold for about £542,500 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 52 sales), 28% above the wider Croydon median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,628 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 68 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 21 · #5,441
Employment 28 · #4,941
Education 46 · #3,686
Health 56 · #3,028
Crime 35 · #4,468
Housing & access 53 · #3,240
Living environment 28 · #4,934

House prices ?

£542,500median (12m) · +4.3% yr · n=52
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£542,50052+4.3%+19.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£590,00022-5.2%+7.3%
Terraced£642,50016+20.7%+23.4%
Flat£368,00013+15.0%+11.5%
This area£542,500
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)£47,628±£6,788 · #1,517 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,235
Price-to-income ?11.4×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 ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

68 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 555 offences
Croydon86
London102
England83

Rank #3,425 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences236
Theft67
Burglary33
Vehicle crime80
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons43
Drugs22
Robbery19
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 142 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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