BR1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bromley, Downham and Bickley, in Bromley and Lewisham.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BR1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 19% of people in BR1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BR1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BR1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BR1 at a rate of 123.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.9 per 1,000 people across the BR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 721 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BR1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,942), shoplifting (1,345) and anti-social behaviour (1,303).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BR1 was 113.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in BR1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BR1 has no single figure. Of its 38 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BR1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley 007A | 1,450 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.3% |
| Bromley 007B | 2,068 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.2% |
| Bromley 008A | 1,716 | 97.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.0% |
| Bromley 008B | 2,033 | 523.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.1% |
| Bromley 008C | 1,611 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.2% |
| Bromley 008D | 1,632 | 55.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.1% |
| Bromley 008E | 1,693 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.4% |
| Bromley 008F | 1,402 | 171.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.6% |
| Bromley 008G | 1,663 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.3% |
| Bromley 011A | 1,674 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.3% |
| Bromley 016A | 1,828 | 68.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.3% |
| Bromley 016B | 1,707 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% |
| Bromley 016C | 1,888 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.9% |
| Bromley 016D | 1,541 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.1% |
| Bromley 016E | 1,850 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.9% |
| Bromley 018F | 1,451 | 374.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.7% |
| Bromley 018G | 1,252 | 514.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.7% |
| Bromley 020A | 1,681 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.1% |
| Bromley 022A | 1,805 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.7% |
| Bromley 022B | 1,711 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Bromley 040A | 1,525 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Bromley 040B | 1,685 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.5% |
| Bromley 040C | 1,850 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| Bromley 040D | 1,616 | 135.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Bromley 040E | 1,450 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
| Lewisham 026A | 1,669 | 123.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Lewisham 026B | 1,545 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Lewisham 026C | 1,690 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.3% |
| Lewisham 030E | 1,785 | 412.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.6% |
| Lewisham 037A | 1,689 | 134.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Lewisham 037B | 1,689 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.7% |
| Lewisham 037C | 1,480 | 143.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Lewisham 037D | 1,612 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Lewisham 037E | 1,302 | 136.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Lewisham 038A | 1,422 | 145.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.1% |
| Lewisham 038B | 1,997 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.2% |
| Lewisham 038D | 1,509 | 164.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 57.9% |
| Lewisham 038E | 1,451 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 79.9% |
MPs for BR1
- Peter FortuneConservativeMP for Bromley and Biggin Hill79% of BR1’s postcodes
- Janet DabyLabourMP for Lewisham East21% of BR1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BR17
Postcode sectors in BR16
Councils BR1 covers2
Towns in BR12
Postcode districts next to BR16
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BR postcode area2
BR1 in brief
BR1 is a postcode district covering Bromley, Downham and Bickley, in Bromley and Lewisham.
About 63,110 people lived in BR1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £450,000 in 2025 across 679 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 123.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BR1 was £450,000 in 2025.
BR1 had 61,878 usual residents at the census.
About 19% of people in BR1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BR1, 89.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.