Selsdon Park & Hamsey Green

Croydon · London · population 6,169 · 4 LSOAs

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

87Area Score / 100 ?
  • #876 of 6,856 in England
  • #91 of 1,002 in London
  • #6 of 45 in Croydon
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,196
Median age (est.)46
Density1,418per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above34%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 21%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 10%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 11%Other: 23%
One person 22%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 11%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional15%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 12%Black: 7%Mixed: 6%Other: 2%
White 73%Asian 12%Black 7%Mixed 6%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 33% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Selsdon Park & Hamsey Green is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #876 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 45 in Croydon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (90) and lowest on Education (68). Typical homes here sold for about £564,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 64 sales), 33% above the wider Croydon median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £55,996 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 33 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 76 · #1,657
Employment 75 · #1,691
Education 68 · #2,178
Health 72 · #1,883
Crime 86 · #944
Housing & access 68 · #2,171
Living environment 90 · #704

House prices ?

£564,000median (12m) · +0.7% yr · n=64
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£564,00064+0.7%+12.6%
Detached£652,50022-8.7%+4.6%
Semi-detached£535,00034-1.6%+11.7%
Terraced£425,0005-16.3%+4.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£564,000
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)£55,996±£8,103 · #391 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£46,182
Price-to-income ?10.1×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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 204 offences
Croydon86
London102
England83

Rank #655 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences87
Theft24
Burglary19
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson17
Public order & weapons13
Drugs9
Robbery4
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 23 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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