Schools
62 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 16 secondary schools. North Kent College is the nearest published school at 189 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA1 2SQ
Princes · Dartford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA1 2SQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 2003
- Terminated
- 1 February 2017
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA1
- Postcode sector
- DA1 2
- Latitude
- 51.433380
- Longitude
- 0.204324
- British National Grid easting
- 553,322
- British National Grid northing
- 172,791
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Dartford · E07000107
- Electoral ward
- Princes · E05012404
- Parish or community
- E43000286
- Westminster constituency
- Dartford · E14001191
- Output area
- E00122686
- Lower layer super output area
- Dartford 009D · E01024168
- Middle layer super output area
- Dartford 009 · E02005036
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
- 39
- Secondary
- 16
- 189 m
North Kent College
Further education
- 518 m
Oakfield Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 766 m
Wilmington Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,218
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 804
- Anti social behaviour 294
- Shoplifting 231
- Criminal damage and arson 177
- Other theft 169
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
13
within 5 km straight-line
LOWFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
65-67 LOWFIELD STREET, DARTFORD, DA1 1HP
ODS code G82143
1.2 km
HORSMAN'S PLACE SURGERY
HORSMANS PLACE, INSTONE ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2JP
ODS code G82048
1.3 km
REDWOOD PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82185
1.4 km
THE WELLCOME PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82056
1.4 km
DR CJ SHIMMINS & PARTNERS
PILGRIMS WAY, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82006
2.4 km
PILGRIMS WAY SURGERY
DARTFORD EAST HEALTH CENTRE, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82212
2.4 km
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
2.5 km
TEMPLE HILL SURGERY
ST EDMUNDS CHURCH LIVING, ST. EDMUNDS ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 5ND
ODS code G82647
2.8 km
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
4.3 km
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
4.3 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
4.4 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
4.6 km
SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH
ODS code G82028
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
North Kent College
BCT · Wilmington
- 0.1 miles
Maple Road
BCT · Dartford
- 0.2 miles
Hawthorn Road
BCT · Dartford
- 0.2 miles
North Kent College
BCT · Wilmington
- 0.2 miles
Oakfield Place
BCT · Wilmington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dartford 009D, 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
17,249 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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
2,218 published events cover 12 months, averaging 184.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 804 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.