Thornton Heath North East

Croydon · London · population 8,369 · 5 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,344 of 6,856 in England
  • #545 of 1,002 in London
  • #23 of 45 in Croydon
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,413
Median age (est.)38
Density9,752per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above41%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 13%25–44 29%45–64 28%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 11%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 19%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 19%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 14% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 36%Asian: 11%Black: 40%Mixed: 9%Other: 5%
White 36%Asian 11%Black 40%Mixed 9%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 23% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 40%

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

Thornton Heath North East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,344 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 45 in Croydon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (54) and lowest on Living environment (20). Typical homes here sold for about £430,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 85 sales), in line with the wider Croydon median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,031 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 32 · #4,659
Employment 38 · #4,269
Education 52 · #3,254
Health 54 · #3,145
Crime 31 · #4,721
Housing & access 25 · #5,167
Living environment 20 · #5,509

House prices ?

£430,000median (12m) · -1.1% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£430,00085-1.1%+14.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£480,00010-6.8%+3.8%
Terraced£450,00057-3.2%+12.5%
Flat£273,00017-8.4%-5.9%
This area£430,000
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)£51,031±£7,222 · #897 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,919
Price-to-income ?8.4×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 ?

27Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 485 offences
Croydon86
London102
England83

Rank #2,710 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences215
Theft60
Burglary15
Vehicle crime64
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons37
Drugs33
Robbery11
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 99 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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