BR8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Swanley and Hextable, in Sevenoaks.
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 BR8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BR8, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BR8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BR8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BR8 at a rate of 80.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.9 per 1,000 people across BR.
In August 2026 alone, 188 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BR8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (653), anti-social behaviour (366) and other crime (276).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BR8 was 76.4 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 BR8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BR8 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BR8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sevenoaks 001A | 1,350 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.1% |
| Sevenoaks 001B | 1,426 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.6% |
| Sevenoaks 001C | 1,323 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.1% |
| Sevenoaks 001D | 1,490 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.9% |
| Sevenoaks 001E | 1,553 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.3% |
| Sevenoaks 002A | 1,756 | 150.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Sevenoaks 002B | 1,557 | 209.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.9% |
| Sevenoaks 002C | 1,543 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.0% |
| Sevenoaks 002D | 1,840 | 109.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.6% |
| Sevenoaks 002E | 1,631 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.2% |
| Sevenoaks 002F | 1,586 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.3% |
| Sevenoaks 003A | 1,990 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.0% |
| Sevenoaks 003B | 1,601 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.3% |
| Sevenoaks 003C | 1,660 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Sevenoaks 003D | 1,605 | 90.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.0% |
MPs for BR8
- Laura TrottConservativeMP for Sevenoaks98% of BR8’s postcodes
- Gareth BaconConservativeMP for Orpington2.0% of BR8’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 BR83
Postcode sectors in BR83
Council1
Towns in BR81
Postcode districts next to BR85
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BR postcode area2
BR8 in brief
BR8 is a postcode district covering Swanley and Hextable, in Sevenoaks.
About 24,016 people lived in BR8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £418,319 in 2025 across 345 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 80.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BR8 was £418,319 in 2025.
BR8 had 23,235 usual residents at the census.
In BR8, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BR8, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.