Schools
62 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 17 secondary schools. Dartford Grammar School is the nearest published school at 70 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA1 2JB
West Hill · Dartford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA1 2JB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 May 2003
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA1
- Postcode sector
- DA1 2
- Latitude
- 51.444535
- Longitude
- 0.205538
- British National Grid easting
- 553,369
- British National Grid northing
- 174,034
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Dartford · E07000107
- Electoral ward
- West Hill · E05012410
- Parish or community
- E43000286
- Westminster constituency
- Dartford · E14001191
- Output area
- E00122780
- Lower layer super output area
- Dartford 003F · E01024185
- Middle layer super output area
- Dartford 003 · E02005030
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
- 62
- Primary
- 41
- Secondary
- 17
- 70 m
Dartford Grammar School
Academy converter
- 166 m
Dartford Grammar School for Girls
Academy converter
- 333 m
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,769
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,213
- Shoplifting 515
- Anti social behaviour 486
- Criminal damage and arson 355
- Other theft 259
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DA1 2 residents
- 13,004
Age bands in DA1 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.7%
2,648 residents
1,473 residents
3,764 residents
3,211 residents
1,621 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
14
within 5 km
REDWOOD PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82185
182 m
THE WELLCOME PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82056
182 m
HORSMAN'S PLACE SURGERY
HORSMANS PLACE, INSTONE ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2JP
ODS code G82048
696 m
LOWFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
65-67 LOWFIELD STREET, DARTFORD, DA1 1HP
ODS code G82143
759 m
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
1.8 km
TEMPLE HILL SURGERY
ST EDMUNDS CHURCH LIVING, ST. EDMUNDS ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 5ND
ODS code G82647
1.9 km
DR CJ SHIMMINS & PARTNERS
PILGRIMS WAY, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82006
2.2 km
PILGRIMS WAY SURGERY
DARTFORD EAST HEALTH CENTRE, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82212
2.2 km
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
3.1 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
3.7 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
4.2 km
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
4.3 km
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
ERITH HEALTH CENTRE, 50 PIER ROAD, ERITH, DA8 1RQ
ODS code G83630
4.3 km
NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH MED.CTR.
HIND CRESCENT, NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH, ERITH, DA8 3DB
ODS code G83010
4.5 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
- 0.0 miles
Dartford Boys' Grammar School
BCT · Dartford
- 0.0 miles
Dartford Boys' Grammar School
BCT · Dartford
- 0.1 miles
Dartford Girls' Grammar School
BCT · Dartford
- 0.1 miles
West Hill
BCT · Dartford
- 0.1 miles
West Hill
BCT · Dartford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dartford 003F, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
22,444 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 7 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.
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
Recorded crime
3,769 published events cover 12 months, averaging 314.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,213 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.