Schools
53 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 14 secondary schools. Leigh Academy Dartford is the nearest published school at 507 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA1 1RU
Brent · Dartford · England
Updated September 2026
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Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA1 1RU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 December 1991
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA1
- Postcode sector
- DA1 1
- Latitude
- 51.443024
- Longitude
- 0.221742
- British National Grid easting
- 554,500
- British National Grid northing
- 173,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Dartford · E07000107
- Electoral ward
- Brent · E05012393
- Parish or community
- E43000286
- Westminster constituency
- Dartford · E14001191
- Output area
- E00122534
- Lower layer super output area
- Dartford 008C · E01024137
- Middle layer super output area
- Dartford 008 · E02005035
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 DA1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 53
- Primary
- 35
- Secondary
- 14
- 507 m
Leigh Academy Dartford
Academy converter
- 727 m
Westgate Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 1.0 km
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,776
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,751
- Anti social behaviour 578
- Shoplifting 560
- Criminal damage and arson 404
- Other theft 355
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DA1 1 residents
- 10,984
Age bands in DA1 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.6%
2,255 residents
1,112 residents
3,398 residents
2,739 residents
1,249 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
12
within 5 km straight-line
LOWFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
65-67 LOWFIELD STREET, DARTFORD, DA1 1HP
ODS code G82143
449 m
HORSMAN'S PLACE SURGERY
HORSMANS PLACE, INSTONE ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2JP
ODS code G82048
474 m
REDWOOD PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82185
1.1 km
THE WELLCOME PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82056
1.1 km
DR CJ SHIMMINS & PARTNERS
PILGRIMS WAY, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82006
1.1 km
PILGRIMS WAY SURGERY
DARTFORD EAST HEALTH CENTRE, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82212
1.1 km
TEMPLE HILL SURGERY
ST EDMUNDS CHURCH LIVING, ST. EDMUNDS ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 5ND
ODS code G82647
1.2 km
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
2.9 km
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
3.8 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
4.8 km
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
ERITH HEALTH CENTRE, 50 PIER ROAD, ERITH, DA8 1RQ
ODS code G83630
5.0 km
SWANSCOMBE HEALTH CENTRE
BEAN VILLAGE SURGERY, SOUTHFLEET ROAD, BEAN, DARTFORD, DA2 8BS
ODS code G82122
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Acacia Hall Fastrack Hub
BCT · Dartford
- 0.0 miles
Royal Victoria Mill
BCT · Dartford
- 0.0 miles
Acacia Hall Fastrack Hub
BCT · Dartford
- 0.0 miles
Acacia Hall Fastrack Hub
BCT · Dartford
- 0.1 miles
Holy Trinity Church
BCT · Dartford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dartford 008C, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,964 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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
4,776 published events cover 12 months, averaging 398 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,751 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.