Neighbourhood · Croydon · London
Woodside & Ashburton
Croydon 014 · 5 sub-areas · 8,943 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Young professionals (81/100)Watch-out: Couples (51/100)Liveability 40/100 · Below medianCommuter neighbourhood
Woodside & Ashburton is a commuter neighbourhood within Croydon — train into London runs in around 11 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it.
Liveability
40/100
Below median
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Woodside & Ashburton?
A snapshot of Woodside & Ashburton
4 parks and 1 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.
Woodside & Ashburton in Croydon
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Woodside & Ashburton?
- The median monthly rent across Woodside & Ashburton is £1,560.
- How safe is Woodside & Ashburton?
- Woodside & Ashburton 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 Woodside & Ashburton?
- 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 11 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Woodside & Ashburton?
- There are 30 schools within 2 km of Woodside & Ashburton, of which 46% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1146 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Woodside & Ashburton?
- The most common council tax band in Woodside & Ashburton is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,466. Council tax is set by Croydon council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Woodside & Ashburton to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Woodside & Ashburton to central London is approximately 11 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 Woodside & Ashburton?
- 100% of premises in Woodside & Ashburton are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Woodside & Ashburton?
- Woodside & Ashburton sits in IMD decile 3 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 Woodside & Ashburton?
- 49% of households in Woodside & Ashburton 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 Woodside & Ashburton?
- The average property price across Croydon (the local authority covering Woodside & Ashburton) 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 Woodside & Ashburton 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 Woodside & Ashburton?
- Woodside & Ashburton contains 5 local areas: Croydon 014C, Croydon 014B, Croydon 014D, Croydon 014E, Croydon 014A.
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Frequently asked about Woodside & Ashburton
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Woodside & Ashburton?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Woodside & Ashburton 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 Woodside & Ashburton a safe place to live?
- Woodside & Ashburton has a safety score of 52/100. 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 Woodside & Ashburton?
- 46% of schools within 2 km of Woodside & Ashburton are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Woodside & Ashburton?
- Public-transport commute time from Woodside & Ashburton to central London is approximately 11 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Woodside & Ashburton different from the rest of Croydon?
- Woodside & Ashburton 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 Woodside & Ashburton rank in Croydon?
- Woodside & Ashburton scores 40/100 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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