BR2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shortlands, Hayes and Bromley Common, in Bromley.
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 BR2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 18% of people in BR2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BR2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BR2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BR2 at a rate of 61.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.9 per 1,000 people across the BR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 241 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BR2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (871), anti-social behaviour (690) and other crime (508).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BR2 was 62.2 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 BR2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BR2 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BR2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley 011B | 1,670 | 46.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.1% |
| Bromley 011D | 1,704 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.1% |
| Bromley 011E | 1,701 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 79.5% |
| Bromley 018A | 1,941 | 105.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.4% |
| Bromley 018C | 1,902 | 218.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.9% |
| Bromley 018D | 1,748 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.8% |
| Bromley 018E | 1,769 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.8% |
| Bromley 020B | 2,222 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.4% |
| Bromley 020C | 1,736 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.5% |
| Bromley 020D | 2,271 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.1% |
| Bromley 020E | 1,792 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.0% |
| Bromley 021B | 1,780 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.9% |
| Bromley 021D | 1,702 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.1% |
| Bromley 026A | 2,817 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| Bromley 026B | 1,803 | 93.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Bromley 026C | 1,681 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Bromley 026D | 1,663 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| Bromley 027A | 1,475 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Bromley 027B | 1,817 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Bromley 027C | 1,815 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Bromley 027D | 1,631 | 19.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| Bromley 033A | 1,859 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| Bromley 033B | 1,891 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 79.8% |
| Bromley 033C | 1,659 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 71.8% |
| Bromley 034D | 1,786 | 84.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
| Bromley 034E | 1,502 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
MPs for BR2
- Peter FortuneConservativeMP for Bromley and Biggin Hill79% of BR2’s postcodes
- Liam ConlonLabourMP for Beckenham and Penge21% of BR2’s postcodes
- Gareth BaconConservativeMP for Orpington0.2% of BR2’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 BR27
Postcode sectors in BR25
Council1
Towns in BR21
Postcode districts next to BR27
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BR postcode area2
BR2 in brief
BR2 is a postcode district covering Shortlands, Hayes and Bromley Common, in Bromley.
About 50,166 people lived in BR2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £550,000 in 2025 across 677 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BR2 was £550,000 in 2025.
BR2 had 49,299 usual residents at the census.
About 18% of people in BR2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BR2, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.