# BR5 Postcode district covering Orpington, St Paul's Cray and Poverest, in Bromley. BR5 is a postcode district covering Orpington, St Paul's Cray and Poverest, in Bromley. Median sale price £460,000 in 2025. Postcode district. Code BR5. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [BR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br) 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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population) ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £460,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BR5 was £460,000 in 2025. Joint 388th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br5#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 48,744** (2021). BR5 had 48,744 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 232nd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br5#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 82%** (2022). About 82% of people in BR5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br5#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.6%** (January 2026). In BR5, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br5#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=BR5) (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. - [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=BR5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 530 homes were sold in BR5 in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=BR5) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BR5. - [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=BR5) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BR5 had 48,744 usual residents at the census. ## How BR5 compares Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers. | Measure | BR5 | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £460,000 | 3rd cheapest | 8 postcode districts, BR · 2025 | | Population | 48,744 | 4th most populated | 8 postcode districts, BR · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 82% | 3rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 8 postcode districts, BR · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.6% | highest | 8 postcode districts, BR · Jan 2026 | ## 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 Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in BR5 | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Bromley 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000736) | 1,636 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% | | [Bromley 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000737) | 1,404 | 149.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.3% | | [Bromley 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000729) | 1,959 | 141.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.6% | | [Bromley 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000730) | 1,808 | 136.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% | | [Bromley 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000735) | 1,548 | 108.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% | | [Bromley 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000738) | 1,688 | 124.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% | | [Bromley 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000739) | 1,677 | 135.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% | | [Bromley 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000719) | 2,116 | 253.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.9% | | [Bromley 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000720) | 1,802 | 127.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 72.1% | | [Bromley 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000721) | 1,604 | 126.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% | | [Bromley 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000724) | 1,675 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% | | [Bromley 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000728) | 1,627 | 161.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.2% | | [Bromley 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000807) | 1,665 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% | | [Bromley 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000809) | 1,542 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.8% | | [Bromley 023A](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000722) | 1,848 | 139.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% | | [Bromley 023B](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000725) | 1,752 | 89.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% | | [Bromley 023C](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000731) | 1,381 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% | | [Bromley 023D](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000732) | 1,515 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% | | [Bromley 023E](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000733) | 1,670 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% | | [Bromley 025A](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000808) | 1,561 | 20.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% | | [Bromley 025B](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000810) | 1,542 | 29.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [Bromley 025C](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000811) | 1,367 | 26.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [Bromley 025D](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000813) | 1,563 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% | | [Bromley 025E](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000815) | 1,510 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [Bromley 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000734) | 1,388 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% | | [Bromley 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000723) | 1,241 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.3% | | [Bromley 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000726) | 1,304 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% | | [Bromley 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000787) | 1,482 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% | | [Bromley 032B](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000789) | 1,873 | 128.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% | | [Bromley 032C](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/neighbourhood/e01000792) | 1,509 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% | ## Your MP - [Orpington](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/orpington): Gareth Bacon (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here. - [Eltham and Chislehurst](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/eltham-and-chislehurst): Clive Efford (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Middle areas in BR5 [Chislehurst East & Hoblingwell Wood](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/chislehurst-east-and-hoblingwell-wood), [Orpington East](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/orpington-east), [Petts Wood](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/petts-wood), [St Mary Cray East](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/st-mary-cray-east), [St Mary Cray North](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/st-mary-cray-north), [St Mary Cray South](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley/st-mary-cray-south) ## Postcode sectors in BR5 [BR5 1 (218 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br5-1), [BR5 2 (259 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br5-2), [BR5 3 (250 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br5-3), [BR5 4 (206 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br5-4) ## Council [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) ## Towns in BR5 [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) ## Postcode districts next to BR5 [BR1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br1), [BR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br2), [BR6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br6), [BR7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br7), [BR8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br8), [DA14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da14) ## Nearest rail stations [St Mary Cray (1.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.1064,51.3948), [Swanley (3.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.1692,51.3934), [Petts Wood (3.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.0745,51.3886), [Orpington (3.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.0891,51.3733) ## More in the BR postcode area [All BR postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) ## 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. ## About - Type: Postcode district - Code: BR5 - Postcode area: [BR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br) - Constituency: [Orpington †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/orpington) - Council: [Bromley †](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) - Area: 21.23 km² - People, mid-2024: 49,684* - Neighbourhoods: 30 - Output areas: 150 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [BR6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br6), [BR7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br7), [BR8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br8), [DA14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da14), [BR1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br1), [BR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br2) ## Latest updates for BR5 - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/BR5 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br5, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br5#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 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