Is BR7 5LA a good place to live?
Bromley (BR7 5LA), Bromley, England
View BR7 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
BR7 5LA has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 91 nearby (22 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.3 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
BR7 5LA is a UK postcode in BR7 with a higher than average crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 22 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Chislehurst, 0.3 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around BR7 5LA include 1 supermarket and 2 parks. Healthcare is served by 3 GP practices, the closest 0.8 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 2 incidents were reported in BR7 5LA. It ranks in the lower half 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
- 75/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 47/100 — Average
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
BR7 5LA is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 2 incidents were reported in BR7 5LA.
The most common categories are Vehicle crime (100%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within BR7, this postcode ranks 271 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 5LA
91 schools near BR7 5LA, including 22 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 70 primary schools (17 Outstanding, 48 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) and 21 secondary schools (5 Outstanding, 13 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
A handful of everyday amenities surround BR7 5LA.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 1 supermarket and 2 parks or green spaces.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Sainsbury's, 0.7 miles away.
Chislehurst Recreation Ground is just 0.6 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Sainsbury's0.7 mi
Parks & green space
- Chislehurst Recreation Ground0.6 mi
- Walden Recreation Ground0.7 mi
Transportation
Chislehurst is the closest station, about 0.3 miles from BR7 5LA - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Elmstead Woods (0.8 mi), Unknown Station (0.8 mi), Bickley (0.9 mi).
In total there are 4 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Chislehurst0.3 mi
- Elmstead Woods0.8 mi
- Unknown Station0.8 mi
- Bickley0.9 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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