Is BR7 5DS a good place to live?
Bromley (BR7 5DS), Bromley, England
View BR7 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 72 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 18 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
BR7 5DS has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 91 nearby (18 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.6 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 72 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 18 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
BR7 5DS is a UK postcode in BR7 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 72 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 18 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Unknown Station, 0.6 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around BR7 5DS include 2 supermarkets and 5 parks. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.3 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
It ranks in the top 25% for safety within BR7.
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
- 73/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 60/100 — Good
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
BR7 5DS is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
Within BR7, this postcode ranks 11 of 475 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- BR7 district average
- 125 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near BR7 5DS
91 schools near BR7 5DS, including 18 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 72 primary schools (15 Outstanding, 52 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) and 19 secondary schools (3 Outstanding, 13 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
BR7 5DS has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 2 supermarkets and 5 parks or green spaces.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Sainsbury's, 0.4 miles away.
Walden Recreation Ground is just 0.1 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Sainsbury's0.4 mi
- Co-op Food0.7 mi
Parks & green space
- Walden Recreation Ground0.1 mi
- Chislehurst Recreation Ground0.2 mi
- Wayside Green Open Space0.5 mi
- Queen's Gardens0.8 mi
- Belmont Lane Open Space0.8 mi
Transportation
Unknown Station is the closest station, about 0.6 miles from BR7 5DS - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Elmstead Woods (0.6 mi), Chislehurst (1.0 mi).
In total there are 3 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Unknown Station0.6 mi
- Elmstead Woods0.6 mi
- Chislehurst1.0 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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