South End & St Peter's Road

Croydon · London · population 7,058 · 4 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,906 of 6,856 in England
  • #682 of 1,002 in London
  • #32 of 45 in Croydon
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,160
Median age (est.)36
Density9,210per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above47%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 41%45–64 21%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 14%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 48%
Own outright 14%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 15%Private rent 48%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 14%Other: 12%
One person 41%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 14%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 51%Asian: 15%Black: 21%Mixed: 9%Other: 5%
White 51%Asian 15%Black 21%Mixed 9%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 29% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 41%

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

South End & St Peter's Road is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,906 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #32 of 45 in Croydon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (56) and lowest on Crime (20). Typical homes here sold for about £315,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+5%) (from 86 sales), 26% below the wider Croydon median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,384 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 169 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 21 · #5,420
Employment 29 · #4,872
Education 56 · #3,021
Health 33 · #4,570
Crime 20 · #5,489
Housing & access 38 · #4,221
Living environment 21 · #5,407

House prices ?

£315,000median (12m) · +21.2% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£315,00086+21.2%+5.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£437,00012
Terraced£400,00017+12.4%+3.9%
Flat£281,25054+14.8%+2.3%
This area£315,000
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)£47,384±£6,765 · #1,570 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,807
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

169 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,193 offences
Croydon86
London102
England83

Rank #6,035 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences309
Theft447
Burglary48
Vehicle crime105
Criminal damage & arson104
Public order & weapons81
Drugs55
Robbery31
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 257 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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