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Croydon
Local Authority · London, England · population ~389k · 127 state-funded schools
Cheaper than the London average, but with a high council tax and poorer schools. Croydon's median house price is 9.6 times median annual pay, and rent takes 42.1% of gross median earnings, both among the lowest in the region. However, weekly pay is below the London median at £855.70, and council tax is the highest in the region at £2,600. Furthermore, pupils in Good or Outstanding schools are only 91.2%, well below the London median of 98.6%. This suits those prioritising lower property costs within the capital over career earnings or school quality.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 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
91.9%
Mid
Worse than 59% 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
125 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
114 of 124 (91.9%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 1 school is 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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Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.