West Thornton South & Ampere Way

Croydon · London · population 9,024 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,899 of 6,856 in England
  • #679 of 1,002 in London
  • #31 of 45 in Croydon
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
Compare this area →

People living here Census 2021

Residents9,063
Median age (est.)35
Density9,044per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above35%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 14%25–44 30%45–64 26%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 19%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 8%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 20%Other: 19%
One person 21%Couple, no children 8%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 20%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Sales & customer service 15% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Sales & customer service15%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Associate professional10%
Managers & directors9%
Skilled trades9%
Process & plant9%

Ethnic group

White: 22%Asian: 40%Black: 25%Mixed: 6%Other: 7%
White 22%Asian 40%Black 25%Mixed 6%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · Hindu 20% · Muslim 16%

Born outside the UK: 51%

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

West Thornton South & Ampere Way is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,899 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 45 in Croydon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (51) and lowest on Income (18). Typical homes here sold for about £377,500 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 50 sales), 11% below the wider Croydon median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,007 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 89 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 18 · #5,619
Employment 35 · #4,481
Education 41 · #4,022
Health 51 · #3,371
Crime 36 · #4,413
Housing & access 19 · #5,557
Living environment 19 · #5,537

House prices ?

£377,500median (12m) · -1.9% yr · n=50
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£377,50050-1.9%+14.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£387,50039-3.1%+15.7%
Flat£195,0009-21.2%-33.9%
This area£377,500
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)£45,007±£6,538 · #2,078 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,629
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 ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

89 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 801 offences
Croydon86
London102
England83

Rank #4,490 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences274
Theft145
Burglary49
Vehicle crime136
Criminal damage & arson54
Public order & weapons65
Drugs45
Robbery17
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 234 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 →

Official sources

Nearby areas

The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.

Other areas in Croydon

Similar areas across England

Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.