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Croydon
Local Authority · London, England · population ~389k · 127 state-funded schools
Relatively accessible housing in a capital city comes at the cost of high council tax and lower-than-average earnings. Croydon offers a median house price of £425,000, which is one of the lowest in London, yet this remains a significant 9.6 times the median annual gross pay. Rent is similarly more manageable than the London median, though it still consumes 42.1% of gross earnings. The trade-off is a Band D council tax bill of £2,600, which is among the highest in the region. While crime levels sit below the London median, the proportion of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools is also lower than the regional benchmark. This location suits those who need a foothold in the London property market and are willing to accept higher local taxes and limited school performance.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 data.
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How Croydon ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£44,496/yr
High
Better than 79% of UK LAs
House price
£425,000
Very expensive
Worse than 81% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,560/mo
Very expensive
Worse than 85% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,600/yr
Most expensive
Worse than 89% of UK LAs
Crime
80.6/1k
High
Worse than 61% of UK LAs
Deprivation
22.5
High
Worse than 65% of UK LAs
Schools
92.0%
Mid
Worse than 58% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
136 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
115 of 125 (92%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 11 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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127 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 127 schools, sortable and filterable.
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