BR5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Orpington, St Paul's Cray and Poverest, 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 BR5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 82% of people in BR5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BR5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BR5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BR5 at a rate of 95.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.9 per 1,000 people across the BR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 378 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BR5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,274), anti-social behaviour (925) and other crime (689).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BR5 was 97.2 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 BR5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BR5 has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BR5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley 010C | 1,636 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Bromley 010D | 1,404 | 149.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.3% |
| Bromley 014A | 1,959 | 141.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.6% |
| Bromley 014B | 1,808 | 136.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Bromley 014C | 1,548 | 108.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Bromley 014D | 1,688 | 124.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Bromley 014E | 1,677 | 135.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Bromley 019A | 2,116 | 253.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.9% |
| Bromley 019B | 1,802 | 127.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 72.1% |
| Bromley 019C | 1,604 | 126.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| Bromley 019D | 1,675 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Bromley 019E | 1,627 | 161.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.2% |
| Bromley 022C | 1,665 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Bromley 022D | 1,542 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.8% |
| Bromley 023A | 1,848 | 139.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| Bromley 023B | 1,752 | 89.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% |
| Bromley 023C | 1,381 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Bromley 023D | 1,515 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Bromley 023E | 1,670 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Bromley 025A | 1,561 | 20.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Bromley 025B | 1,542 | 29.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bromley 025C | 1,367 | 26.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bromley 025D | 1,563 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Bromley 025E | 1,510 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bromley 028B | 1,388 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Bromley 029A | 1,241 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.3% |
| Bromley 029B | 1,304 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Bromley 029C | 1,482 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Bromley 032B | 1,873 | 128.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Bromley 032C | 1,509 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% |
MPs for BR5
- Gareth BaconConservativeMP for Orpington100% of BR5’s postcodes
- Clive EffordLabourMP for Eltham and Chislehurst0.2% of BR5’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 BR56
Postcode sectors in BR54
Council1
Towns in BR51
Postcode districts next to BR56
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BR postcode area2
BR5 in brief
BR5 is a postcode district covering Orpington, St Paul's Cray and Poverest, in Bromley.
About 49,684 people lived in BR5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £460,000 in 2025 across 530 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 95.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BR5 was £460,000 in 2025.
BR5 had 48,744 usual residents at the census.
About 82% of people in BR5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BR5, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.