Is BR2 8AP a good place to live?
Bromley (BR2 8AP), Bromley, England
View BR2 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 25 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
BR2 8AP has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 92 nearby (25 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.7 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 25 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
BR2 8AP is a UK postcode in BR2 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 25 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Bickley, 0.7 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around BR2 8AP include 3 supermarkets, 3 parks and 2 gyms. Healthcare is served by 4 GP practices, the closest 0.4 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 97% of premises.
It ranks in the top 25% for safety within BR2.
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
- 76/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 82/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
BR2 8AP is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
Within BR2, this postcode ranks 149 of 1010 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- BR2 district average
- 144 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near BR2 8AP
92 schools near BR2 8AP, including 25 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 73 primary schools (20 Outstanding, 48 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) and 19 secondary schools (5 Outstanding, 12 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
BR2 8AP has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 3 supermarkets, 3 parks or green spaces and 2 gyms or fitness studios.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Budgens, 0.2 miles away.
Havelock Recreation Ground is just 0.7 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Budgens0.2 mi
- The Co-operative Food0.5 mi
- Tesco0.9 mi
Parks & green space
- Havelock Recreation Ground0.7 mi
- Jubilee Country Park0.8 mi
- Norman Park0.8 mi
Transportation
Bickley is the closest station, about 0.7 miles from BR2 8AP - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
In total there is 1 rail station within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Bickley0.7 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 97%, ultrafast 97%, 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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