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Norbury East
Croydon 003 · 4 sub-areas · 8,280 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Young professionals (77/100)Watch-out: Couples (44/100)Liveability 23/100 · Bottom quartileCommuter neighbourhood
Norbury East is a commuter neighbourhood within Croydon — train into London runs in around 9 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it.
Liveability
23/100
Bottom quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Norbury East?
A snapshot of Norbury East
3 parks and 3 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 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Norbury East in Croydon
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Norbury East?
- The median monthly rent across Norbury East is £1,560.
- How safe is Norbury East?
- Norbury East 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 Norbury East?
- 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 9 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Norbury East?
- There are 30 schools within 2 km of Norbury East, of which 33% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 814 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Norbury East?
- The most common council tax band in Norbury East is D, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,800. Council tax is set by Croydon council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Norbury East to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Norbury East to central London is approximately 9 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 Norbury East?
- 100% of premises in Norbury East are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Norbury East?
- Norbury East sits in IMD decile 5 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 Norbury East?
- 59% of households in Norbury East 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 Norbury East?
- The average property price across Croydon (the local authority covering Norbury East) 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 Norbury East 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 Norbury East?
- Norbury East contains 4 local areas: Croydon 003C, Croydon 003D, Croydon 003A, Croydon 003B.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Norbury East
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Norbury East?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Norbury East 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 Norbury East a safe place to live?
- Norbury East has a safety score of 47/100. 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 Norbury East?
- 33% of schools within 2 km of Norbury East are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Norbury East?
- Public-transport commute time from Norbury East to central London is approximately 9 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Norbury East different from the rest of Croydon?
- Norbury East contains 4 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 Norbury East rank in Croydon?
- Norbury East scores 23/100 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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