Schools
60 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 17 secondary schools. Westgate Primary School is the nearest published school at 57 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA1 2LT
West Hill · Dartford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA1 2LT
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 2000
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA1
- Postcode sector
- DA1 2
- Latitude
- 51.443467
- Longitude
- 0.210682
- British National Grid easting
- 553,730
- British National Grid northing
- 173,926
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
- E00167421
- 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
- 60
- Primary
- 39
- Secondary
- 17
- 57 m
Westgate Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 407 m
Dartford Grammar School
Academy converter
- 427 m
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,075
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,352
- Shoplifting 580
- Anti social behaviour 524
- Criminal damage and arson 312
- Other theft 292
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 straight-line
HORSMAN'S PLACE SURGERY
HORSMANS PLACE, INSTONE ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2JP
ODS code G82048
319 m
REDWOOD PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82185
366 m
THE WELLCOME PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82056
366 m
LOWFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
65-67 LOWFIELD STREET, DARTFORD, DA1 1HP
ODS code G82143
385 m
TEMPLE HILL SURGERY
ST EDMUNDS CHURCH LIVING, ST. EDMUNDS ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 5ND
ODS code G82647
1.7 km
DR CJ SHIMMINS & PARTNERS
PILGRIMS WAY, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82006
1.9 km
PILGRIMS WAY SURGERY
DARTFORD EAST HEALTH CENTRE, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82212
1.9 km
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
2.2 km
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
3.3 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
4.1 km
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
ERITH HEALTH CENTRE, 50 PIER ROAD, ERITH, DA8 1RQ
ODS code G83630
4.5 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
4.5 km
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
4.6 km
NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH MED.CTR.
HIND CRESCENT, NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH, ERITH, DA8 3DB
ODS code G83010
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Highfield Road Magistrates Court
BCT · Dartford
- 0.1 miles
Constance Grove
BCT · Dartford
- 0.1 miles
Priory Hill
BCT · Dartford
- 0.2 miles
Spital Street
BCT · Dartford
- 0.2 miles
Instone Road
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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,075 published events cover 12 months, averaging 339.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,352 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.