70.7% of homes and businesses in Croydon can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 17.8 points in a year: 31,626 more premises can now order it. 387 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 175,754 premises (homes and businesses), January 2026.
Share of premises that can order full fibre (and gigabit, which also counts cable).
Full fibre Gigabit-capable (incl. cable)
| Croydon | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 70.7% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 89.9% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 97.5% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Croydon ranks 287th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
16,924 of 179,364 premises in BDUK's records (9.4%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| BR3 | 86% | 99% | 0.1% | 1098 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR0 | 88% | 97% | 0.2% | 2772 |
| CR2 | 89% | 98% | 0% | 978 |
| CR3 | 76% | 96% | 0.4% | 759 |
| CR4 | 93% | 99% | 0.1% | 888 |
| CR5 | 84% | 95% | 1.1% | 690 |
| CR6 | 73% | 91% | 4% | 249 |
| CR7 | 96% | 99% | 0% | 594 |
| CR8 | 81% | 98% | 0% | 775 |
| CR9 | 77% | 96% | 0% | 44 |
| SE19 | 86% | 98% | 0% | 585 |
| SE25 | 90% | 97% | 0.9% | 615 |
| SW16 | 91% | 99% | 0% | 1319 |
70.7% of premises in Croydon could order full fibre in January 2026, and 89.9% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Croydon went from 52.9% in January 2025 to 70.7% in January 2026: 31,626 more premises.
387 premises in Croydon (0.2%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 4 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 37% of premises that can get full fibre in Croydon have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
16,924 premises in Croydon can't get gigabit broadband yet. 7,414 are in a provider's own build plans, 0 are in a government Project Gigabit contract, and 9,510 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 13 postcode districts we cover for Croydon, CR7 has the most gigabit coverage (96% on average) and CR6 the least (73%).
100% of premises in Croydon have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 98.1%.