LACEY GREEN, CR5 1BL House Prices & Local Information

CR5 1BL is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Lacey Green, 0.1km from Lacey Green in Croydon. Administratively it sits within Old Coulsdon ward and the Croydon South constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CR5 1BL is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. The daytime character shifts — ethnically mixed workforce primarily in care and education. With an average age of 48, this is established family country — quiet streets, strong community ties, and low rental churn. 41% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 33 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Prices average £455k. 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 1BL are sourced from Output Area E00005082 (shared with 9 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.