Croydon
8 datasets are currently published for Croydon. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Croydon compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 20th of 361 (41.1 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 64th of 318 (shared with 1 other local authority district) (£420,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 59th of 132 (18.7%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Croydon: 16,835, July 2026 (-2.9% year on year, from 17,335). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Croydon: 91.7, June 2026 (-2.0% year on year, from 93.6). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Croydon: £420,000, Q2 2026 (+8.8% year on year, from £386,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Croydon: 18.7%, 2024/25 (-1.2 percentage points year on year, from 20.0%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Croydon: 25, Q1 2026 (-13.8% year on year, from 29). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Croydon: 410,085, 2025 (+0.4% year on year, from 408,636). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Croydon: 937, 2025 (+0.4% year on year, from 933). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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