BR3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Beckenham, Elmers End and Eden Park, 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 BR3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BR3, 89.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BR3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BR3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BR3 at a rate of 85.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.9 per 1,000 people across BR.
In August 2026 alone, 362 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BR3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,247), anti-social behaviour (769) and other crime (568).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BR3 was 83.7 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 BR3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BR3 has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BR3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley 004D | 1,470 | 90.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Bromley 006A | 1,372 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.2% |
| Bromley 006B | 2,359 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.6% |
| Bromley 006C | 1,880 | 117.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.8% |
| Bromley 006D | 2,167 | 345.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.2% |
| Bromley 006E | 2,057 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Bromley 011C | 1,651 | 54.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.2% |
| Bromley 012A | 1,794 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.9% |
| Bromley 012B | 1,849 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.7% |
| Bromley 012C | 1,759 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 74.4% |
| Bromley 012D | 1,522 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.7% |
| Bromley 012E | 1,580 | 44.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 79.0% |
| Bromley 013A | 1,519 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Bromley 013B | 1,434 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Bromley 013C | 1,731 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.3% |
| Bromley 013D | 1,375 | 74.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.6% |
| Bromley 013E | 1,654 | 189.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.9% |
| Bromley 015B | 1,440 | 17.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| Bromley 021A | 1,636 | 21.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Bromley 021C | 1,625 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.0% |
| Bromley 024A | 1,389 | 314.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.1% |
| Bromley 024B | 1,586 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.6% |
| Bromley 024C | 2,284 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.5% |
| Bromley 024D | 1,631 | 87.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.4% |
| Bromley 024E | 1,626 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.4% |
| Bromley 041A | 1,509 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Bromley 041B | 1,690 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.3% |
| Bromley 041C | 1,666 | 52.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.3% |
| Bromley 041D | 1,504 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.4% |
| Bromley 041E | 1,525 | 130.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.7% |
MPs for BR3
- Liam ConlonLabourMP for Beckenham and Penge99% of BR3’s postcodes
- Janet DabyLabourMP for Lewisham East0.4% of BR3’s postcodes
- Peter FortuneConservativeMP for Bromley and Biggin Hill0.2% of BR3’s postcodes
- Natasha IronsLabourMP for Croydon East0.1% of BR3’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 BR35
Postcode sectors in BR36
Council1
Towns in BR31
Postcode districts next to BR38
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BR postcode area2
BR3 in brief
BR3 is a postcode district covering Beckenham, Elmers End and Eden Park, in Bromley.
About 50,399 people lived in BR3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £549,450 in 2025 across 788 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 85.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BR3 was £549,450 in 2025.
BR3 had 49,308 usual residents at the census.
In BR3, 89.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BR3, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.