Schools
49 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 7 secondary schools. Orion Blenheim is the nearest published school at 288 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BR5 4NU
Orpington · Bromley · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BR5 4NU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 2011
- Postcode area
- BR
- Postcode district
- BR5
- Postcode sector
- BR5 4
- Latitude
- 51.374975
- Longitude
- 0.119728
- British National Grid easting
- 547,630
- British National Grid northing
- 166,123
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Bromley · E09000006
- Electoral ward
- Orpington · E05014001
- Parish or community
- E43000196
- Westminster constituency
- Orpington · E14001417
- Output area
- E00003865
- Lower layer super output area
- Bromley 032C · E01000792
- Middle layer super output area
- Bromley 032 · E02000158
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
- 49
- Primary
- 32
- Secondary
- 7
- 288 m
Orion Blenheim
Academy converter
- 299 m
Harris Academy Orpington
Academy sponsor led
- 568 m
Bromley Beacon Academy
Academy special sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,129
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 574
- Anti social behaviour 298
- Shoplifting 264
- Vehicle crime 231
- Criminal damage and arson 171
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BR5 4 residents
- 11,016
Age bands in BR5 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.6%
2,182 residents
1,232 residents
2,851 residents
2,800 residents
1,938 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
16
within 5 km straight-line
GILLMANS ROAD SURGERY
1 GILLMANS ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4LA
ODS code G84041
704 m
DERRY DOWNS SURGERY
29 DERRY DOWNS, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 4DU
ODS code G84005
1.2 km
KNOLL MEDICAL PRACTICE
19 HOMEFIELD RISE, ORPINGTON, BR6 0FE
ODS code G84032
1.3 km
ST MARY CRAY PRACTICE
322 HIGH STREET, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 4AR
ODS code G84013
1.4 km
CRESCENT SURGERY
38 MARION CRESCENT, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2DD
ODS code G84630
1.9 km
BALLATER SURGERY
108 CHISLEHURST ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0DP
ODS code G84040
1.9 km
POVEREST MEDICAL CENTRE
42 POVEREST ROAD, ST. MARY CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2DQ
ODS code G84007
2.1 km
CHELSFIELD SURGERY
62 WINDSOR DRIVE, CHELSFIELD, ORPINGTON, BR6 6HD
ODS code G84020
2.4 km
FAMILY SURGERY
7 HIGH STREET, GREEN STREET GREEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 6BG
ODS code G84009
3.1 km
GREEN STREET GREEN MED CT
21 HIGH STREET, GREEN STREET GREEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 6BG
ODS code G84627
3.1 km
WHITEHOUSE SURGERY
123 TOWNCOURT LANE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1EL
ODS code G84621
3.1 km
BROOMWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
41 BROOMWOOD ROAD, ST. PAULS CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2JP
ODS code G84019
3.2 km
TUDOR WAY SURGERY
42 TUDOR WAY, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1LH
ODS code G84035
3.3 km
BANK HOUSE SURGERY
84 HIGH STREET, FARNBOROUGH, ORPINGTON, BR6 7BA
ODS code G84609
3.9 km
SUMMERCROFT SURGERY
STARTS HILL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 7AR
ODS code G84006
4.1 km
SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH
ODS code G82028
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Ramsden Estate / Rye Crescent
BCT · Ramsden
- 0.2 miles
Brow Crescent
BCT · Ramsden
- 0.2 miles
Brow Crescent
BCT · Ramsden
- 0.2 miles
Eldred Drive
BCT · Ramsden
- 0.2 miles
Quilter Road
BCT · Ramsden
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bromley 032C, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
17,956 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
2,129 published events cover 12 months, averaging 177.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 574 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.