Croydon Melbourne
Street-level neighbourhood data for Croydon - transport, schools, safety, and local amenities.
Is Croydon a good place to live?
Croydon offers a balanced Melbourne trade-off between transport, amenities and day-to-day liveability, but the exact street still matters.
Best for
Top catchment school
Ainslie Parklands Primary School
ICSEA 1044 - Above national average
Peak transit frequency
Every 14 min
Schools in Croydon
Ainslie Parklands Primary School
government · primary
Ruskin Park Primary School
government · primary
Dorset Primary School
government · primary
Croydon Primary School
government · primary
ICSEA from ACARA. National average = 1000.
Safety
This area (LGA: Maroondah) has a crime rate of 7,515 offences per 100,000 residents (2025) — broadly in line with the Melbourne metro average of ~9,500.
Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria (2025).
Every address in Croydon is different
Two houses 500m apart can be in different school catchments, on different tram lines, and under different planning overlays. Get the exact profile for your specific address.
Search your address in Croydon ->Sources and methodology
These suburb pages summarise Placio's current suburb-level data. They are useful for orientation, but the final decision should still happen at the exact address because school catchments, planning overlays and transit access can change within the same suburb.
- Public Transport Victoria for service frequency.
- ACARA My School for school ICSEA context.
- Crime Statistics Agency Victoria for LGA-level safety context.
- ABS Census, OpenStreetMap and supporting amenity data for suburb context.