ELLIS CLOSE, CR5 1BQ House Prices & Local Information

CR5 1BQ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Ellis Close, 0.2km from Lacey Green in Croydon. Administratively it sits within Old Coulsdon ward and the Croydon South constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CR5 1BQ is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. With an average age of 49, this is established family country — quiet streets, strong community ties, and low rental churn. 40% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 45 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for CR5 1BQ are sourced from Output Area E00005077 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.