| Election Name: | Croydon Council Election, 2002 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1998 Croydon London Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Croydon London Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Seats For Election: | All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 36 |
| Turnout: | 34.5% |
| Leader1: | Hugh Malyan |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader Since1: | 1999 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Upper Norwood |
| Last Election1: | 38 seats, 38.2% |
| Seats1: | 37 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 31,871 |
| Percentage1: | 38.0% |
| Leader2: | Dudley Mead |
| Leader Since2: | 1998 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Selsdon & Ballards |
| Last Election2: | 31 seats, 47.5% |
| Seats2: | 32 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 37,908 |
| Percentage2: | 45.2% |
| Leader3: | Ian Atkins |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader Since3: | 1998 |
| Leaders Seat3: | Coulsdon East |
| Last Election3: | 1 seat, 12.1% |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 27,608 |
| Percentage3: | 12.2% |
| Map Size: | 330px |
| Leader of the Council. | |
| Posttitle: | Elected Leader |
| Before Election: | Hugh Malyan |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Hugh Malyan |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Elections to Croydon Council in London, England were held on 4 May 2002. The council was up for election for the first time since the 1998 election. The Labour Party managed to keep control of the council which it had done since 1994 when it took power from the Conservative Party. This year Labour held Croydon with a smaller majority, only clinging onto power through a tiny number of votes in its marginal wards - one councillor won by just eight votes.
37 Labour councillors, 32 Conservative councillors and 1 Liberal Democrat councillor were elected, maintaining Labour control of the Council. Subsequently, one Conservative councillor defected to Labour, defected back to the Conservatives, became an independent and then a Liberal Democrat.
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