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BR6

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Crofton, Orpington and Green Street Green, 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 BR6 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In BR6, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£570,000
177th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
48,526
238th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How BR6 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

BR6Middle
Median sale price8 postcode districts, BR · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in BR8 areas from £418,319 to £684,000. The middle area is £549,725. BR6 is £570,000.
£570,0003rd most expensive
Population8 postcode districts, BR · 2021
Population: every postcode district in BR8 areas from 19,097 to 61,878. The middle area is 48,635. BR6 is 48,526.
48,5264th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage8 postcode districts, BR · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in BR8 areas from 88.3% to 97.6%. The middle area is 92.2%. BR6 is 95.3%.
95.3%2nd highest
Claimant rate8 postcode districts, BR · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in BR8 areas from 1.8% to 4.9%. The middle area is 2.9%. BR6 is 2.3%.
2.3%joint 2nd lowest

Is BR6 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BR6 at a rate of 73.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 84.9 per 1,000 people across BR.

In August 2026 alone, 311 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BR6.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,009), anti-social behaviour (653) and other crime (581).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BR6 was 76.7 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 BR6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BR6 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in BR6

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Bromley 028A1,691163.3 per 1,000692.0%
Bromley 028C2,297317.0 per 1,000792.7%
Bromley 028D1,63239.9 per 1,000897.8%
Bromley 028E1,52127.3 per 1,00010100.0%
Bromley 029D1,617103.8 per 1,000696.7%
Bromley 029E1,51239.7 per 1,0008100.0%
Bromley 031A1,93532.0 per 1,0001099.6%
Bromley 031B1,77077.0 per 1,0001095.9%
Bromley 031C1,64024.9 per 1,0001099.7%
Bromley 031D1,57121.8 per 1,0001099.4%
Bromley 031E1,45123.2 per 1,00010100.0%
Bromley 032A1,46154.0 per 1,000994.7%
Bromley 032D1,56035.0 per 1,00010100.0%
Bromley 032E1,38545.0 per 1,0007100.0%
Bromley 033D1,708166.9 per 1,0001067.2%
Bromley 035A1,75510.4 per 1,0001099.8%
Bromley 035B1,60558.3 per 1,0001099.9%
Bromley 035C1,70550.6 per 1,000898.1%
Bromley 035D2,09214.6 per 1,00010100.0%
Bromley 035E1,54516.1 per 1,00010100.0%
Bromley 036A1,65244.6 per 1,000898.5%
Bromley 036B1,45684.8 per 1,000397.8%
Bromley 036C2,264162.1 per 1,0001092.4%
Bromley 036D1,74757.7 per 1,000992.6%
Bromley 037A1,64265.0 per 1,000972.0%
Bromley 037B1,62739.6 per 1,000899.6%
Bromley 037C1,49440.4 per 1,000999.2%
Bromley 037D1,56572.7 per 1,000998.4%
Bromley 037E1,38829.1 per 1,00010100.0%

MPs for BR6

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 BR66

Postcode sectors in BR66

Council1

Towns in BR61

Postcode districts next to BR66

Nearest rail stations4

More in the BR postcode area2

BR6 in brief

BR6 is a postcode district covering Crofton, Orpington and Green Street Green, in Bromley.

About 48,995 people lived in BR6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £570,000 in 2025 across 646 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in BR6 was £570,000 in 2025.

BR6 had 48,526 usual residents at the census.

In BR6, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In BR6, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.