Is BR1 2HW a good place to live?
Bromley (BR1 2HW), Bromley, England
View BR1 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
BR1 2HW has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 93 nearby (22 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.4 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
BR1 2HW is a UK postcode in BR1 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Chislehurst, 0.4 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around BR1 2HW include 3 supermarkets, 2 parks and 1 gym. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 1 incident was reported in BR1 2HW. It ranks in the top 25% for safety within BR1.
Overall score
Good overall profile, averaged across five dimensions.
Each dimension is scored from 0 to 100 based on the underlying data for this postcode. Safety is scaled from the 0-5 rating used elsewhere on the page.
Per-dimension breakdown
- Safety
- 5/5 — Excellent
- Schools
- 75/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 40/100 — Average
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
BR1 2HW is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 1 incident was reported in BR1 2HW.
The most common categories are Vehicle crime (100%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within BR1, this postcode ranks 224 of 1301 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- BR1 district average
- 379 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near BR1 2HW
93 schools near BR1 2HW, including 22 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 75 primary schools (18 Outstanding, 52 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) and 18 secondary schools (4 Outstanding, 12 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
BR1 2HW has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 3 supermarkets, 2 parks or green spaces and 1 gym or fitness studio.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Budgens, 0.7 miles away.
Jubilee Country Park is just 0.7 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Budgens0.7 mi
- Tesco1.0 mi
- The Co-operative Food1.0 mi
Parks & green space
- Jubilee Country Park0.7 mi
- Havelock Recreation Ground1.0 mi
Transportation
Chislehurst is the closest station, about 0.4 miles from BR1 2HW - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Bickley (0.4 mi).
In total there are 2 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Chislehurst0.4 mi
- Bickley0.4 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.
Housing
We did not find enough recent housing transactions to summarise prices.
HM Land Registry data did not return transactions for this postcode in the search window. This usually means a very small number of homes, not that prices are unavailable overall.
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