Harefield Road London, Croydon
5 addresses across 1 postcode (SW16), about 50 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 20500070.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2015 the median was £445,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Croydon costs £2,600 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Norbury, about 430 m (0.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Norbury Park, is about 30 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 17.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 40 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 5 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Fairview Medical Centre, about 590 m (0.4 miles) away, with 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 470 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 46% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 41 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | £445,000 | £445,000 | £445,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £249,950 | £249,950 | £249,950 |
| 2001 | 1 | £217,500 | £217,500 | £217,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2025 | 3 SW16 3LX | Semi-detached | £850,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 3 Apr 2025 | 1 SW16 3LX | Semi-detached | £725,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 6 Jul 2015 | 1 SW16 3LX | Semi-detached | £445,000 | |
| 20 Jun 2002 | 1 SW16 3LX | Semi-detached | £249,950 | |
| 28 Sep 2001 | 2 SW16 3LX | Semi-detached | £217,500 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 145 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (2). Built: 1900-1929 (1); 1930-1949 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in Croydon in 2026-27: Band D £2,600 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,733 | £2,022 | £2,311 | £2,600 | £3,178 | £3,755 | £4,333 | £5,200 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (71% of about 580 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 1516, London Road: up to 22 homes, permissioned (400 m (0.2 miles))
- 303-305, Norbury Avenue: up to 9 homes, permissioned (410 m (0.3 miles))
- Land Adjoining Norbury Railway Station, Norbury Avenue: up to 12 homes, permissioned (410 m (0.3 miles))
- 32-34 Fairview Road: up to 9 homes, permissioned (510 m (0.3 miles))
- 1485-1489 London Road: up to 22 homes, not permissioned (550 m (0.3 miles))
- 1485-1489 London Road: up to 22 homes, not permissioned (550 m (0.3 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 40 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW16 3LX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Norbury 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Streatham Common 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | |
| Streatham (Greater London) 2.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 25 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Courtland Avenue Norbury | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | West Dulwich - Croxted Road | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | St Mary’s Wandsworth Pier Clapham Junction | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Car parks | Apcoa | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | 19 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Apcoa Charging Station | 370 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 15.7 km (9.8 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 24.5 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fairview Medical Centre | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 10 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Superdrug Pharmacy | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Streatham High Rd Dental Surgery | 390 m |
| Hospital | Croydon University Hospital | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Police station | Metropolitan Police Service | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest ATM | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Norbury Park 11 ha | 30 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Streatham Common 27 ha | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,380 m² | 300 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.0 ha | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Norbury Park Allotment Gardens 2.8 ha | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 53 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Norwood Grove, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 590 m (0.4 miles) north-east. 13 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Norwood Grove | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 590 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| The Rookery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 740 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church | World Heritage Site | 9.4 km (5.8 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Norwood Grove | Wood | 440 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Biggin Wood | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Pollards Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Convent Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Westow Hill | Hill | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) east |
| South Norwood Lake | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 17.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
1 of the street's 5 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Croydon: see them on the Croydon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norbury High School for Girls | Secondary | 11–19 | 500 m (0.3 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Kensington Avenue Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 650 m (0.4 miles) | Requires improvement (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Norbury Manor Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 830 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Immanuel and St Andrew Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| St Joseph's College Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–19 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| St Andrew's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Outstanding (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Downsview Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Crown Lane Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Woodmansterne School | All-through | 3–18 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Outstanding (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Requires improvement (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lidl SW16 3LH | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 300 m | 5 Very good | 18 Jul 2025 |
| Green Lane Food & Wine SW16 3LH | Retailers - other | 300 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 4 Jul 2025 |
| Moorish Lounge SW16 3PH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 370 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 19 Oct 2023 |
| Xo-Tikka SW16 3PH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 370 m | 4 Good | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Royal Pizza SW16 3PH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 370 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 10 Jan 2026 |
| Bossman Vibes SW16 3PH | Retailers - other | 370 m | 4 Good | 3 Jul 2026 |
| Melta / Wings Paradise SW16 3PH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 4 Good | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Royal Mahal Norbury SW16 4EU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Hot Pizza SW16 4EU | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 4 Good | 18 Oct 2025 |
| Baltic Food SW16 4EU | Retailers - other | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Mar 2025 |
| Wiejska Chata SW16 4EU | Retailers - other | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 17 Mar 2025 |
| Watan Bazaar SW16 4EU | Retailers - other | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 4 Good | 23 Oct 2024 |
| Norbury Local SW16 4EU | Retailers - other | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 7 Mar 2024 |
| Aayush Ltd At Access Self Storage Croydon SW16 3RW | Distributors/Transporters | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 27 Jul 2022 |
| Growing Beans Nursery Norbury SW16 4EU | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 30 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 16 |
| Vehicle crime | 6 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Bicycle theft | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Harefield Road (13); On or near Courtland Avenue (6); On or near Heatherset Gardens (5); On or near Kuala Gardens (5); On or near Beaufort Gardens (5).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 41% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 26% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 16% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 29% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 73% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 46% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 79% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Postcodes on this street
- SW16 3LX: 5 addresses of 6 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Green Lane · Courtland Avenue · Beaufort Gardens · Heatherset Gardens · Kuala Gardens · Groveland Avenue · Briar Avenue · The Chase · Strathbrook Road · Granville Gardens · Links Gardens · Hermitage Lane
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.