Is BR1 4NU a good place to live?
Bromley (BR1 4NU), Bromley, England
View BR1 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
BR1 4NU has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 94 nearby (22 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.6 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
BR1 4NU is a UK postcode in BR1 with a higher than average crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Ravensbourne, 0.6 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around BR1 4NU include 5 supermarkets, 5 parks and 1 gym. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.4 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 9 incidents were reported in BR1 4NU. It ranks in the lower half for safety within BR1.
Overall score
Excellent 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
- 83/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
BR1 4NU is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 9 incidents were reported in BR1 4NU.
The most common categories are Anti-social behaviour (56%), Violent crime (22%), Other theft (11%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within BR1, this postcode ranks 853 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 4NU
94 schools near BR1 4NU, including 22 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 73 primary schools (17 Outstanding and 53 Good) and 21 secondary schools (5 Outstanding, 12 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
BR1 4NU is well served by everyday amenities, with 15 places within reach.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 5 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces, 1 gym or fitness studio and 4 EV charging points.
The nearest supermarket recorded is FM Food Centre, 0.3 miles away.
Swiftsden Green is just 0.1 miles away for daily green space.
- 4 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- FM Food Centre0.3 mi
- Iceland0.5 mi
- Best Foods Mega Mart0.5 mi
- The Co-operative Food0.6 mi
- Co-Op Food0.7 mi
Parks & green space
- Swiftsden Green0.1 mi
- Downham Park0.2 mi
- Beechmore play park0.2 mi
- Shaftesbury Park0.2 mi
- St. Barnabas Park0.5 mi
Transportation
Ravensbourne is the closest station, about 0.6 miles from BR1 4NU - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Sundridge Park (0.8 mi), Bromley North (0.9 mi), Beckenham Hill (0.9 mi).
In total there are 5 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Ravensbourne0.6 mi
- Sundridge Park0.8 mi
- Bromley North0.9 mi
- Beckenham Hill0.9 mi
- Shortlands1.0 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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