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Addiscombe North
Croydon 017 · 5 sub-areas · 8,928 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Young professionals (82/100)Watch-out: Investors / BTL (60/100)Liveability 55/100 · Above medianCommuter neighbourhood
Addiscombe North is a commuter neighbourhood within Croydon — train into London runs in around 15 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it.
Liveability
55/100
Above median
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Addiscombe North?
A snapshot of Addiscombe North
3 parks and 2 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,560 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Addiscombe North in Croydon
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Addiscombe North?
- The median monthly rent across Addiscombe North is £1,560.
- How safe is Addiscombe North?
- Addiscombe North has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Addiscombe North?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 15 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Addiscombe North?
- There are 35 schools within 2 km of Addiscombe North, of which 46% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1632 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Addiscombe North?
- The most common council tax band in Addiscombe North is D, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,471. Council tax is set by Croydon council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Addiscombe North to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Addiscombe North to central London is approximately 15 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Addiscombe North?
- 100% of premises in Addiscombe North are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Addiscombe North?
- Addiscombe North sits in IMD decile 4 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Addiscombe North?
- 58% of households in Addiscombe North are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Addiscombe North?
- The average property price across Croydon (the local authority covering Addiscombe North) is approximately £389,585, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Addiscombe North a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.31 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £38,080.)
- Which local areas are part of Addiscombe North?
- Addiscombe North contains 5 local areas: Croydon 017E, Croydon 017D, Croydon 017B, Croydon 017A, Croydon 017C.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Addiscombe North
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Addiscombe North?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Addiscombe North is £1,560. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Addiscombe North a safe place to live?
- Addiscombe North has a safety score of 67/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Addiscombe North?
- 46% of schools within 2 km of Addiscombe North are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Addiscombe North?
- Public-transport commute time from Addiscombe North to central London is approximately 15 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Addiscombe North different from the rest of Croydon?
- Addiscombe North contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Addiscombe North rank in Croydon?
- Addiscombe North scores 55/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Croydon, see the Cities table on the Croydon page.
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