Street reports

Street reports in Croydon by area

In the last month people reported 155 street problems on FixMyStreet across the areas we cover, and fly Tipping came up most (39). 0 were marked fixed. Here is every area ranked.

155problems reportedin the last month

Fly Tippingmost reported39 reports, 25%

0marked fixed0% of this month’s reports so far

0neighbours askedfor street improvements

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Most reports this month: Hamsey Green (119), Coulsdon (42) and Old Coulsdon (32). The middle Croydon area had 9, and 1 area had none. Most fixes marked: South Norwood (4), Coulsdon (2) and Hamsey Green (2).

Every area, ranked


1	Hamsey GreenCR2	119	2%	2	–	Pothole on a road - More than 150mm wide and 40mm deep
2	CoulsdonCR5	42	5%	2	–	Any other tree or roots issue
3	Old CoulsdonCR5	32	0%	–	–	Any other tree or roots issue
4	South NorwoodSE25	30	13%	4	–	Flytip
5	Upper NorwoodSE19	28	0%	–	–	Fly Tipping
6	New AddingtonCR0	27	0%	–	–	Fly Tipping
7	NorburySW16	26	8%	2	–	Fly Tipping
8	CroydonCR9	16	0%	–	–	Roads/highways
9	Monks OrchardCR0	16	0%	–	–	Dead Animal
10	WoodsideSE25	14	0%	–	–	Fly Tipping
11	Thornton HeathCR7	9	0%	–	–	Fly Tipping
12	AddingtonCR0	6	0%	–	–	Light Not Working
13	ShirleyCR0	5	0%	–	–	Pavements/footpaths
14	AddiscombeCR0	3	0%	–	–	Fly Tipping
15	Broad GreenCR0	3	0%	–	–	Roads/highways
16	ForestdaleCR2	3	0%	–	–	Abandoned vehicles
17	SelsdonCR2	3	0%	–	–	Road traffic signs
18	KenleyCR8	1	0%	–	–	Abandoned vehicles
19	PurleyCR8	1	0%	–	–	Trees
20	SandersteadCR2	1	0%	–	–	Roads/highways
21	SelhurstSE25	1	0%	–	–	Fly Tipping

Reports made on FixMyStreet in the last month within each area’s circle. “Already fixed” is the share of those reports now marked fixed; “Fixes marked” counts every report marked fixed in that time, whenever it was made. Bigger and busier areas get more reports, and areas overlap, so one report can count in more than one area. Tap a column to sort.

What gets reported most


Fly Tipping	39	25%	Norbury (15)
Roads/highways	14	9%	Croydon (4)
Pothole on a road - More than 150mm wide and 40mm deep	12	8%	Hamsey Green (35)
Abandoned vehicles	10	6%	Coulsdon (2)
Pavements/footpaths	9	6%	South Norwood (3)
Pothole	8	5%	South Norwood (3)
Other	7	5%	Old Coulsdon (2)
Rubbish (refuse and recycling)	6	4%	Croydon (2)
Trees	6	4%	Old Coulsdon (2)
Car parking	5	3%	Thornton Heath (2)
Pothole on a pavement - More than 100mm wide and 20mm deep - Potholes	3	2%	Hamsey Green (16)
Flytip	2	1%	South Norwood (12)
Light Not Working	2	1%	Addington (2)
Parking enforcement	2	1%	Old Coulsdon (5)
Parks/landscapes	2	1%	South Norwood (1)

The 15 most common of 37 kinds of problem reported in the last month, in the councils’ own words. Councils name some problems differently, so a few appear more than once.

Spotted a problem? Report it

Fly-tipping, a pothole, a broken street light or an overflowing bin: the quickest way to get it sorted is to report it on FixMyStreet. It’s free, you don’t need to know which council looks after the street, and you can see what your neighbours have already reported so you don’t report it twice. More reports in an area often means people there are good at speaking up, not that it is worse kept.

Where the figures come from

Street reports and fixes come from FixMyStreet, run by the charity mySociety, through its public Open311 feed. We keep only the kind of problem, where and when it was reported, and whether it has been fixed, and link to the report itself. We never store the name of the person who reported it, their words or their photos. Street names come from OpenStreetMap. Our figures start on 4 Oct, so “the last month” may be a little shorter for now.

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. See our sources and their licences.

Street reports in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Croydon have the most street problems reported?

In the last month the most problems were reported on FixMyStreet in Hamsey Green (119), Coulsdon (42), Old Coulsdon (32), South Norwood (30) and Upper Norwood (28). The middle Croydon area had 9. Bigger and busier areas usually get more reports, so these are counts, not rates.

What is the most reported street problem in Croydon?

Fly Tipping, with 39 of the 155 reports in the last month (25%), followed by roads/highways (14) and pothole on a road - More than 150mm wide and 40mm deep (12).

How many street problems get fixed in Croydon?

0 reports were marked as fixed on FixMyStreet in the last month. Of the 155 reports made in that time, 0 (0%) are already marked fixed. Councils don’t always mark reports as fixed, so the real number may be higher.

How do I report a problem on my street in Croydon?

Use FixMyStreet (fixmystreet.com), a free service run by the charity mySociety. Put in your postcode, drop a pin on the problem and say what it is; it goes straight to the right council, and it shows up on MeBabber within a day.