Is BR6 1DR a good place to live?
Bromley (BR6 1DR), Bromley, England
View BR6 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 16 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
BR6 1DR has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 93 nearby (16 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.5 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 16 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
BR6 1DR is a UK postcode in BR6 with a very high crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 16 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Orpington, 0.5 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around BR6 1DR include 4 supermarkets, 5 parks and 4 gyms. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.1 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 6 incidents were reported in BR6 1DR. It ranks 973 of 1170 for safety within BR6.
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
- 71/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 95/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
BR6 1DR is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 6 incidents were reported in BR6 1DR.
The most common categories are Violent crime (33%), Other theft (17%), Robbery (17%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within BR6, this postcode ranks 973 of 1170 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- BR6 district average
- 188 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near BR6 1DR
93 schools near BR6 1DR, including 16 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 75 primary schools (14 Outstanding, 51 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) and 18 secondary schools (2 Outstanding, 12 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
BR6 1DR is well served by everyday amenities, with 13 places within reach.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 4 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces and 4 gyms or fitness studios.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Sainsbury's, 0.1 miles away.
Broxbourne Gardens is just 0.3 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Sainsbury's0.1 mi
- Krishna's0.1 mi
- Tesco Extra0.2 mi
- Co-op Food0.5 mi
Parks & green space
- Broxbourne Gardens0.3 mi
- Broomhill Common0.3 mi
- Priory Gardens0.4 mi
- Poverest Park0.6 mi
- Riverside gardens0.8 mi
Transportation
Orpington is the closest station, about 0.5 miles from BR6 1DR - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
In total there is 1 rail station within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Orpington0.5 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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