Croydon: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Croydon on the mapWhat these local examples show
West Croydon station and Whitgift Centre both point towards West Croydon in the supported-line calculation, with different walking estimates. Bramley Bank provides a contrasting green-space reference with a lower mapped road average and a different source crime band. Its absent supported-line estimate does not cover every rail service or establish that the area lacks transport.
This page covers the official Croydon boundary (E09000008), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 2 supported station records, 83 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 28 supported supermarket records, 3 shopping-centre records and 152 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
Supported lines represented here: Windrush. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. West Croydon Rail Station
Station reference · station position. Coordinates: 51.378428, -0.102585.
Retained source ID: 910GWCROYDN. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 54.59 dB Nighttime: 41.52 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 68.33 dB Nighttime: 61.41 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk West Croydon Rail Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 10 min walk Wandle Park 8.8 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Croydon 020B · E01001013 437.1 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 1,982 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 3 min walk Harris Invictus Academy Croydon Secondary · Free schools · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 4 min walk Lidl Lidl · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 6 min walk Whitgift Centre Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
2. Bramley Bank
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.354450, -0.059890.
Retained source ID: 338275152. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 42.18 dB Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Bramley Bank 10.4 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 1 / 5 · Lowest Croydon 033C · E01001123 23.7 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 77 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 13 min walk The Quest Academy Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Requires improvement · legacy overall · 2024-03-12 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 19 min walk Aldi Aldi · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | No reliable route estimate No reliable shopping access estimate within the 30-minute routing cap. |
3. Whitgift Centre
Shopping-site reference · mapped centre entrance. Coordinates: 51.376236, -0.100368.
Retained source ID: w162153568. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 54.13 dB Nighttime: 48.26 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 40.73 dB Nighttime: 35.87 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 14 min walk West Croydon Rail Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 19 min walk Wandle Park 8.8 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Croydon 020H · E01034143 255.3 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 919 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 8 min walk Croydon College 16 plus · Further education · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 12 min walk Lidl Lidl · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 3 min walk Whitgift Centre Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; no mapped aircraft-noise contour does not establish infrequent flights or quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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