Schools
80 open schools are in scope, including 46 primary and 14 secondary schools. Leesons Primary School is the nearest published school at 337 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BR5 2ZF
St Paul's Cray · Bromley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- St Paul's Cray
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Constituency
- Orpington
- Postcode district
- BR5
- Postcode sector
- BR5 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BR5 2ZF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 2000
- Terminated
- 1 June 2001
- Postcode area
- BR
- Postcode district
- BR5
- Postcode sector
- BR5 2
- Latitude
- 51.396256
- Longitude
- 0.108032
- British National Grid easting
- 546,748
- British National Grid northing
- 168,466
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Bromley · E09000006
- Electoral ward
- St Paul's Cray · E05014007
- Parish or community
- E43000196
- Westminster constituency
- Orpington · E14001417
- Output area
- E00003598
- Lower layer super output area
- Bromley 014B · E01000730
- Middle layer super output area
- Bromley 014 · E02000140
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 BR5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 80
- Primary
- 46
- Secondary
- 14
- 337 m
Leesons Primary School
Academy converter
- 712 m
Poverest Primary School
Foundation school
- 913 m
St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,588
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 998
- Vehicle crime 540
- Anti social behaviour 488
- Shoplifting 325
- Criminal damage and arson 255
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BR5 2 residents
- 14,221
Age bands in BR5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.7%
2,821 residents
1,588 residents
3,744 residents
3,381 residents
1,680 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
22
within 5 km straight-line
CRESCENT SURGERY
38 MARION CRESCENT, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2DD
ODS code G84630
720 m
BROOMWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
41 BROOMWOOD ROAD, ST. PAULS CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2JP
ODS code G84019
721 m
POVEREST MEDICAL CENTRE
42 POVEREST ROAD, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2DQ
ODS code G84007
838 m
ST MARY CRAY PRACTICE
322 HIGH STREET, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 4AR
ODS code G84013
1.1 km
DERRY DOWNS SURGERY
29 DERRY DOWNS, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 4DU
ODS code G84005
1.4 km
BALLATER SURGERY
108 CHISLEHURST ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0DP
ODS code G84040
1.8 km
GILLMANS ROAD SURGERY
1 GILLMANS ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4LA
ODS code G84041
2.1 km
TUDOR WAY SURGERY
42 TUDOR WAY, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1LH
ODS code G84035
2.2 km
KNOLL MEDICAL PRACTICE
19 HOMEFIELD RISE, ORPINGTON, BR6 0FE
ODS code G84032
2.4 km
WHITEHOUSE SURGERY
123 TOWNCOURT LANE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1EL
ODS code G84621
2.5 km
SIDCUP MEDICAL CENTRE
2 CHURCH AVENUE, SIDCUP, DA14 6BU
ODS code G83066
3.0 km
BARNARD MEDICAL GROUP
43 GRANVILLE ROAD, SIDCUP, DA14 4TA
ODS code G83004
3.5 km
THE CHISLEHURST PARTNERSHIP
42 HIGH STREET, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5AQ
ODS code G84010
3.9 km
CHELSFIELD SURGERY
62 WINDSOR DRIVE, CHELSFIELD, ORPINGTON, BR6 6HD
ODS code G84020
4.5 km
SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH
ODS code G82028
4.6 km
SUMMERCROFT SURGERY
STARTS HILL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 7AR
ODS code G84006
4.6 km
FAMILY SURGERY
7 HIGH STREET, GREEN STREET GREEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 6BG
ODS code G84009
4.8 km
GREEN STREET GREEN MED CT
21 HIGH STREET, GREEN STREET GREEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 6BG
ODS code G84627
4.8 km
NEW ELTHAM AND BLACKFEN MEDICAL CENTRE
52 THAXTED ROAD, NEW ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 3PT
ODS code G83628
4.9 km
BANK HOUSE SURGERY
84 HIGH STREET, FARNBOROUGH, ORPINGTON, BR6 7BA
ODS code G84609
4.9 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
St Mary Cray Station
BCT · St Mary Cray
- 0.1 miles
St Mary Cray Station
BCT · St Mary Cray
- 0.1 miles
St Mary Cray Station
RSE · St Mary Cray
- 0.1 miles
Murray Road
BCT · St Mary Cray
- 0.1 miles
St Mary Cray Rail Station
RLY · St Mary Cray
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bromley 014B, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
5,669 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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
3,588 published events cover 12 months, averaging 299 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 998 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.