Crap Towns / Croydon / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Croydon?
In January 2026, 2.4% of premises in Croydon couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 4.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 387 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 387 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 4,211 | 2.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 158,044 | 89.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Croydon | – | 2.4 |
| Bromley | 9.8 km | 1.2 |
| Lewisham | 11.3 km | 1.0 |
| Sutton | 6.3 km | 1.0 |
| Lambeth | 11.2 km | 0.8 |
| Caterham | 7.6 km | 0.7 |
| Warlingham | 5.4 km | 0.7 |
| Banstead | 8.6 km | 0.6 |
| Merton | 9.8 km | 0.4 |
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 11.0 km | 0.1 |
| Ewell | 10.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |