Selhurst North

Croydon · London · population 10,828 · 6 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,585 of 6,856 in England
  • #849 of 1,002 in London
  • #38 of 45 in Croydon
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,817
Median age (est.)35
Density7,404per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above37%
No car or van47%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 12%25–44 33%45–64 24%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 13%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 35%
Own outright 13%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 25%Private rent 35%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 22%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 22%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional13%
Elementary13%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors10%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 36%Asian: 13%Black: 37%Mixed: 10%Other: 4%
White 36%Asian 13%Black 37%Mixed 10%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 22% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 42%

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

Selhurst North is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,585 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #38 of 45 in Croydon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (38) and lowest on Living environment (12). Typical homes here sold for about £330,000 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 98 sales), 22% below the wider Croydon median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,630 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 90 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 14 · #5,873
Employment 17 · #5,660
Education 38 · #4,241
Health 32 · #4,687
Crime 19 · #5,578
Housing & access 28 · #4,961
Living environment 12 · #5,996

House prices ?

£330,000median (12m) · +1.5% yr · n=98
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£330,00098+1.5%-1.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£431,5006-13.7%+29.2%
Terraced£365,50039-0.9%-4.8%
Flat£295,00052+6.3%-5.1%
This area£330,000
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)£45,630±£6,493 · #1,933 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,272
Price-to-income ?7.2×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 ?

25Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 977 offences
Croydon86
London102
England83

Rank #4,553 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences391
Theft124
Burglary51
Vehicle crime115
Criminal damage & arson101
Public order & weapons84
Drugs58
Robbery38
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 255 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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