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BR5 3TE

St Mary Cray · Bromley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Orpington
Ward
St Mary Cray
Local authority
Bromley
Constituency
Orpington
Postcode district
BR5
Postcode sector
BR5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BR5 3TG 53 m
BR5 3TQ 63 m
BR5 3TD 67 m
BR5 3TF 83 m
BR5 3PH 102 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BR5 3TE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BR
Postcode district
BR5
Postcode sector
BR5 3
Latitude
51.393091
Longitude
0.120464
British National Grid easting
547,623
British National Grid northing
168,139

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Bromley · E09000006
Electoral ward
St Mary Cray · E05014006
Parish or community
E43000196
Westminster constituency
Orpington · E14001417
Output area
E00003512
Lower layer super output area
Bromley 019C · E01000721
Middle layer super output area
Bromley 019 · E02000145

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
206, Sandway Road, Orpington, BR5 3TE 21 October 2005 £115,000
196, Sandway Road, Orpington, BR5 3TE 29 April 1999 £59,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
66
Primary
40
Secondary
10

  1. Manor Oak Primary School

    Academy converter

    377 m

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

    Academy converter

    448 m

  3. Woodview

    Other independent special school

    590 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,970
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 834
  • Vehicle crime 442
  • Anti social behaviour 389
  • Shoplifting 309
  • Criminal damage and arson 195

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

15 female, 17 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.3% 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

17

within 5 km

  • ST MARY CRAY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G84013

    838 m

  • DERRY DOWNS SURGERY

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

    ODS code G84005

    919 m

  • CRESCENT SURGERY

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

    ODS code G84630

    1.0 km

  • BROOMWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code G84019

    1.3 km

  • POVEREST MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G84007

    1.4 km

  • GILLMANS ROAD SURGERY

    1 GILLMANS ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4LA

    ODS code G84041

    1.9 km

  • BALLATER SURGERY

    108 CHISLEHURST ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0DP

    ODS code G84040

    2.1 km

  • KNOLL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    19 HOMEFIELD RISE, ORPINGTON, BR6 0FE

    ODS code G84032

    2.4 km

  • TUDOR WAY SURGERY

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

    ODS code G84035

    3.0 km

  • WHITEHOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code G84621

    3.2 km

  • SIDCUP MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 CHURCH AVENUE, SIDCUP, DA14 6BU

    ODS code G83066

    3.5 km

  • SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH

    ODS code G82028

    3.7 km

  • BARNARD MEDICAL GROUP

    43 GRANVILLE ROAD, SIDCUP, DA14 4TA

    ODS code G83004

    4.0 km

  • CHELSFIELD SURGERY

    62 WINDSOR DRIVE, CHELSFIELD, ORPINGTON, BR6 6HD

    ODS code G84020

    4.3 km

  • THE CHISLEHURST PARTNERSHIP

    42 HIGH STREET, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5AQ

    ODS code G84010

    4.8 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

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Oldbury Close

    BCT · St Mary Cray

    0.0 miles

  • Oldbury Close

    BCT · St Mary Cray

    0.1 miles

  • Wotton Green / Sandway Road

    BCT · St Mary Cray

    0.1 miles

  • Sweeps Lane

    BCT · St Mary Cray

    0.1 miles

  • Wotton Green / Sandway Road

    BCT · St Mary Cray

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bromley 019C, 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

5,653 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
6
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Possible

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

66 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 10 secondary schools. Manor Oak Primary School is the nearest published school at 377 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,970 published events cover 12 months, averaging 247.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 834 events.

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