Postcode sector

CR8 1 · Purley Central

Croydon · district CR8 · 106 postcodes

Median £/m²£5,290/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation+0.4%
Sales, 24 months115with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£3,540/m² to £3,780/m²: 3 sales£3,780/m² to £4,010/m²: 4 sales£4,010/m² to £4,250/m²: 6 sales£4,250/m² to £4,480/m²: 6 sales£4,480/m² to £4,720/m²: 8 sales£4,720/m² to £4,960/m²: 13 sales£4,960/m² to £5,190/m²: 12 sales£5,190/m² to £5,430/m²: 10 sales£5,430/m² to £5,660/m²: 14 sales£5,660/m² to £5,900/m²: 8 sales£5,900/m² to £6,130/m²: 15 sales£6,130/m² to £6,370/m²: 2 sales£6,370/m² to £6,610/m²: 5 sales£6,610/m² to £6,840/m²: 2 sales£6,840/m² to £7,080/m²: 2 sales£7,080/m² to £7,310/m²: 1 sale£7,310/m² to £7,550/m²: 2 sales£8,020/m² to £8,260/m²: 2 salesCR8 1CR8£2k£4k£6k£8k£10k
CR8 1
£5,290/m² middle · £4,760–£5,920/m² middle half · 115 sales
District CR8
£5,070/m² middle · £4,460–£5,750/m² middle half · 737 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025CR8 1, 2026: 116CR8, 2026: 109Croydon houses, 2026: 121
  • CR8 1
  • CR8
  • Croydon houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverCR8 1District CR8
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year+0.4%+3.8%−3.3%−0.1%
5 years−3.8%+1.1%−4.5%+0.3%
10 years−1.0%+2.3%−1.8%+1.5%
20 years+1.0%+3.9%+0.4%+3.3%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£4,000–£6,000/m²
  1. CR2 9Selsdon Park & Hamsey Green£4,580–£5,930/m²
  2. CR8 1Purley Central£4,760–£5,920/m²
  3. CR8 3Woodcote£4,440–£5,770/m²
  4. CR8 4Coulsdon£4,550–£5,760/m²
  5. CR8 5Kenley South£4,520–£5,760/m²
  6. CR2 0Sanderstead£4,490–£5,690/m²
  7. CR8 2Purley Central£4,050–£5,560/m²

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Riddlesdown Road3498 m²£5,560/m²
Downs Court Road29123 m²£5,410/m²
Selcroft Road29117 m²£5,400/m²
Lower Barn Road2080 m²£5,470/m²
Oakwood Avenue17195 m²£5,000/m²
Brancaster Lane16146 m²£5,060/m²
Mitchley Avenue16112 m²£5,260/m²
Purley Bury Avenue16143 m²£5,360/m²
Cliff End15132 m²£5,180/m²
Grasmere Road11106 m²£5,380/m²
Partridge Knoll1166 m²£3,380/m²
Ingleboro Drive9117 m²£5,520/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.