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BR5 3LA

St Paul's Cray · Bromley · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Orpington
Ward
St Paul's Cray
Local authority
Bromley
Constituency
Orpington
Postcode district
BR5
Postcode sector
BR5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BR5 3JL 47 m
BR5 3LE 62 m
BR5 3JX 70 m
BR5 3JJ 84 m
BR5 3JN 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BR5 3LA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BR
Postcode district
BR5
Postcode sector
BR5 3
Latitude
51.399876
Longitude
0.122187
British National Grid easting
547,721
British National Grid northing
168,897

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
E00003544
Lower layer super output area
Bromley 019E · E01000728
Middle layer super output area
Bromley 019 · E02000145

Postcode source versions

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Property

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9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Martins Close, Orpington, BR5 3LA 9 June 2017 £347,500
7, Martins Close, Orpington, BR5 3LA 11 December 2014 £220,000
2, Martins Close, Orpington, BR5 3LA 27 November 2009 £165,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
74
Primary
46
Secondary
10

  1. St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    318 m

  2. Riverside School

    Community special school

    546 m

  3. Manor Oak Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,711
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 769
  • Vehicle crime 408
  • Anti social behaviour 340
  • Shoplifting 255
  • Criminal damage and arson 185

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

8 female, 7 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.1
BR5 3 residents
11,241

Age bands in BR5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.5%

2,732 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

1,355 residents

Age 25 to 44
28%

3,392 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.2%

3,054 residents

Age 65 and over
13.2%

1,602 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BR5 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

14

within 5 km

  • BROOMWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    41 BROOMWOOD ROAD, ST. PAULS CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2JP

    ODS code G84019

    987 m

  • CRESCENT SURGERY

    38 MARION CRESCENT, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2DD

    ODS code G84630

    1.6 km

  • ST MARY CRAY PRACTICE

    322 HIGH STREET, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 4AR

    ODS code G84013

    1.6 km

  • DERRY DOWNS SURGERY

    29 DERRY DOWNS, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 4DU

    ODS code G84005

    1.7 km

  • POVEREST MEDICAL CENTRE

    42 POVEREST ROAD, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2DQ

    ODS code G84007

    1.8 km

  • GILLMANS ROAD SURGERY

    1 GILLMANS ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4LA

    ODS code G84041

    2.7 km

  • BALLATER SURGERY

    108 CHISLEHURST ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0DP

    ODS code G84040

    2.7 km

  • SIDCUP MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 CHURCH AVENUE, SIDCUP, DA14 6BU

    ODS code G83066

    2.9 km

  • KNOLL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    19 HOMEFIELD RISE, ORPINGTON, BR6 0FE

    ODS code G84032

    3.1 km

  • TUDOR WAY SURGERY

    42 TUDOR WAY, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1LH

    ODS code G84035

    3.3 km

  • BARNARD MEDICAL GROUP

    43 GRANVILLE ROAD, SIDCUP, DA14 4TA

    ODS code G83004

    3.3 km

  • WHITEHOUSE SURGERY

    123 TOWNCOURT LANE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1EL

    ODS code G84621

    3.6 km

  • SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH

    ODS code G82028

    3.6 km

  • THE CHISLEHURST PARTNERSHIP

    42 HIGH STREET, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5AQ

    ODS code G84010

    4.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Augustine Road

    BCT · St Mary Cray

    0.0 miles

  • Chalk Pit Avenue

    BCT · St Mary Cray

    0.1 miles

  • Chalk Pit Avenue

    BCT · St Mary Cray

    0.1 miles

  • Main Road

    BCT · St Mary Cray

    0.2 miles

  • Main Road

    BCT · St Mary Cray

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bromley 019E, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,683 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

74 open schools are in scope, including 46 primary and 10 secondary schools. St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 318 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,711 published events cover 12 months, averaging 225.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 769 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.