Is BR2 8QR a good place to live?
Bromley (BR2 8QR), Bromley, England
View BR2 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is good. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
BR2 8QR has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 4/5 (good)
- Schools: 93 nearby (22 Outstanding)
Summary
Overall livability is good. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
BR2 8QR is a UK postcode in BR2 with a very high crime rate and a good safety rating. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
Day-to-day amenities around BR2 8QR include 2 supermarkets, 5 parks and 1 gym. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.6 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 5 incidents were reported in BR2 8QR. It ranks 862 of 1010 for safety within BR2.
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
- 4/5 — Good
- Schools
- 75/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 68/100 — Good
- Transport
- 0/100 — Poor
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
BR2 8QR is rated 4/5 for safety, a solid score for a UK postcode.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 5 incidents were reported in BR2 8QR.
The most common categories are Violent crime (40%), Vehicle crime (40%), Burglary (20%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within BR2, this postcode ranks 862 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 8QR
93 schools near BR2 8QR, including 22 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 74 primary schools (19 Outstanding, 49 Good and 2 Requires Improvement) and 19 secondary schools (3 Outstanding, 14 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
BR2 8QR has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 2 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces and 1 gym or fitness studio.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Lidl, 0.4 miles away.
Hollydale Recreation Grounds is just 0.2 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Lidl0.4 mi
- Sainsbury's0.5 mi
Parks & green space
- Hollydale Recreation Grounds0.2 mi
- Farnborough Common0.3 mi
- Broadstreet Green0.6 mi
- Tugmutton Common0.7 mi
- South Park0.7 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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