Schools
156 open schools are in scope, including 99 primary and 19 secondary schools. New Woodlands School is the nearest published school at 296 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BR1 5RX
Downham · Lewisham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Downham
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Constituency
- Lewisham East
- Postcode district
- BR1
- Postcode sector
- BR1 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BR1 5RX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1996
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- BR
- Postcode district
- BR1
- Postcode sector
- BR1 5
- Latitude
- 51.428043
- Longitude
- 0.005228
- British National Grid easting
- 539,500
- British National Grid northing
- 171,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Lewisham · E09000023
- Electoral ward
- Downham · E05013720
- Parish or community
- E43000213
- Westminster constituency
- Lewisham East · E14001331
- Output area
- E00016376
- Lower layer super output area
- Lewisham 037D · E01003239
- Middle layer super output area
- Lewisham 037 · E02006783
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BR1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 156
- Primary
- 99
- Secondary
- 19
- 296 m
New Woodlands School
Community special school
- 336 m
Downderry Primary School
Community school
- 407 m
Good Shepherd RC School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,017
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,671
- Anti social behaviour 606
- Vehicle crime 585
- Shoplifting 573
- Other theft 308
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BR1 5 residents
- 18,151
Age bands in BR1 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.1%
3,764 residents
2,354 residents
5,093 residents
4,852 residents
2,220 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
41
within 5 km straight-line
OAKVIEW FAMILY PRACTICE
190 SHROFFOLD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5NJ
ODS code G85716
235 m
ASHDOWN MEDICAL GROUP
7-9 MOORSIDE ROAD, DOWNHAM, BROMLEY, BR1 5EP
ODS code G85057
347 m
ICO HEALTH GROUP
MOORSIDE CLINIC, 7-9 MOORSIDE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 5EP
ODS code G85104
347 m
LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BROOK LANE SURGERY, 27 BROOK LANE, BROMLEY, BR1 4PX
ODS code G84003
1.1 km
TORRIDON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
80 TORRIDON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1RB
ODS code G85032
1.4 km
LONDON LANE CLINIC
KINNAIRD HOUSE, 37 LONDON LANE, BROMLEY, BR1 4HB
ODS code G84016
1.4 km
SUNDRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
84 LONDON LANE, BROMLEY, BR1 4HE
ODS code G84629
1.6 km
HIGHLAND ROAD SURGERY
10 HIGHLAND ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4AD
ODS code G84604
2.0 km
PARKVIEW SURGERY
DOCTORS SURGERY, 186 BROWNHILL ROAD, CATFORD, LONDON, SE6 1AT
ODS code G85121
2.1 km
WOODLANDS HEALTH CENTRE
4 EDWIN HALL PLACE, LONDON, SE13 6RN
ODS code G85722
2.5 km
NIGHTINGALE SURGERY
LEE HEALTH CENTRE, 2 HANDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE12 8NP
ODS code G85727
2.8 km
NOVUM HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, HAWSTEAD ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE6 4JH
ODS code G85633
2.9 km
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
50 MANOR ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 5LG
ODS code G84018
2.9 km
SOUTH VIEW PARTNERSHIP
SOUTHVIEW LODGE, SOUTH VIEW, BROMLEY, BR1 3DR
ODS code G84001
2.9 km
BROMLEAG CARE PRACTICE
BECKENHAM CLINIC, 14 THE CRESCENT, BECKENHAM, BR3 1DU
ODS code Y06345
3.0 km
MANOR ROAD SURGERY
14 MANOR ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 5LE
ODS code G84008
3.0 km
SYDENHAM GREEN GROUP PRACTICE
26 HOLMSHAW CLOSE, SYDENHAM, LONDON, SE26 4TH
ODS code G85024
3.1 km
WOOLSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE
WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2SG
ODS code G85061
3.1 km
DYSART SURGERY
1ST FLOOR, RAVENSLEIGH HOUSE, 22 WESTMORELAND PLACE, BROMLEY, BR1 1DS
ODS code G84002
3.2 km
LEWISHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
308 LEE HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5PJ
ODS code G85023
3.4 km
Showing 20 of 41 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Ravenscar Road
BCT · Southend
- 0.1 miles
Downham Health Centre
BCT · Downham
- 0.1 miles
Cinderford Way
BCT · Downham
- 0.1 miles
St. Barnabas Hall
BCT · Downham
- 0.2 miles
St. Barnabas Hall
BCT · Downham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewisham 037D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,347 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5,017 published events cover 12 months, averaging 418.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,671 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.