3 Crofton Road, Southwark, London, SE5 8LY
About 3 Crofton Road
3 Crofton Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE5 8LY). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).
At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold June 2022 for £1,545,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£849/sq ft) was about 256.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
3 Crofton Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2025Loft ConversionFullIn report
Construction of a rear dormer extension, increase of roof ridge by 350mm and installation of 2no. rooflights to front roof slope.
- Agent
- Marsh Keene Architects
Extension- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/AP/1449
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 3 Crofton Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,641,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.9% per year over 22 years.
£1,545,000
Growth on file: 8.9% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
14 June 2022Most recent
£1,545,000
+42.9%over 3 years26 November 2018
£1,081,000
+120.6%over 12 years4 May 2006
£490,000
+42.0%over 1 year18 February 2005
£345,000
+47.1%over 4 years1 June 2000
£234,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SE5 8LY: £662,052 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in SE5 8LY
15 Crofton Road, Southwark, London, SE5 8LY
Sold May 2025
£1,495,000First Floor Staff, 45 Crofton Road, Southwark, London, SE5 8LY
Sold Mar 2025
£555,00051a, Crofton Road, Southwark, London, SE5 8LY
Sold Mar 2025
£613,00013 Crofton Road, Southwark, London, SE5 8LY
Sold Nov 2024
£1,390,00053 Crofton Road, Southwark, London, SE5 8LY
Sold Oct 2024
£662,052
Everything we know about 3 Crofton Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Crofton Road homes
3 Crofton Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£9,142
Street avg £6,968
Floor Area
169 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
13/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Peckham Road / Southampton Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Oliver Goldsmith Primary School. 93 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB