Rent in CR7, London
CR7 is a postcode district mostly in Croydon (it also reaches into Merton), with wards including Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Norbury Park, Pollards Hill. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,550 a month, −3% against the Croydon figure and −24% against London as a whole.
Rent by home size
| Home | CR7 | Croydon | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £1,250 | £1,250 | £1,684 |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,550 | £1,593 | £2,036 |
| 3 bedrooms | £2,000 | £2,000 | £2,472 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £2,250 | £2,450 | £3,353 |
Median monthly rent of private lets recorded by Rent Officers between April 2025 and March 2026. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10; with few rents a single expensive or cheap flat moves the median, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas. The London column is an average of the borough figures weighted by the number of rents. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.
Wards in CR7 include
Bensham Manor · Broad Green · Norbury Park · Pollards Hill · South Norwood · Thornton Heath
Who lives in Croydon
Census 2021, whole borough (Croydon vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.
| Owner-occupied homes | 56.1% | 46.8% |
| Private rentals | 25.8% | 30.0% |
| Social housing rentals | 17.9% | 23.1% |
| One-person households | 28.2% | 29.3% |
| Children under 15 | 19.3% | 18.1% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13.6% | 11.9% |
Nearby postcode districts
- SE25 · Croydon · 2 bedrooms £1,600
- SE19 · Croydon · 2 bedrooms £1,600
- SW16 · Lambeth · 2 bedrooms £1,750
- SE27 · Lambeth · 2 bedrooms £1,800
- CR0 · Croydon · 2 bedrooms £1,595
- SE20 · Bromley · 2 bedrooms £1,620
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