Schools
101 open schools are in scope, including 64 primary and 22 secondary schools. Shenstone School is the nearest published school at 889 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA5 1PE
Crayford · Bexley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Crayford
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford
- Postcode district
- DA5
- Postcode sector
- DA5 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA5 1PE
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA5
- Postcode sector
- DA5 1
- Latitude
- 51.446769
- Longitude
- 0.165794
- British National Grid easting
- 550,600
- British National Grid northing
- 174,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Bexley · E09000004
- Electoral ward
- Crayford · E05011222
- Parish or community
- E43000194
- Westminster constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford · E14001089
- Output area
- E00166760
- Lower layer super output area
- Bexley 019H · E01033792
- Middle layer super output area
- Bexley 019 · E02000083
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 DA5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 101
- Primary
- 64
- Secondary
- 22
- 889 m
Shenstone School
Academy special converter
- 910 m
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
Academy converter
- 910 m
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,914
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 562
- Anti social behaviour 300
- Shoplifting 198
- Criminal damage and arson 174
- Vehicle crime 168
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DA5 1 residents
- 7,477
Age bands in DA5 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.7%
1,433 residents
826 residents
2,043 residents
2,079 residents
1,561 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
22
within 5 km straight-line
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
1.1 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
1.5 km
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
1.6 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
1.7 km
REDWOOD PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82185
2.9 km
THE WELLCOME PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82056
2.9 km
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
3.1 km
NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH MED.CTR.
HIND CRESCENT, NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH, ERITH, DA8 3DB
ODS code G83010
3.4 km
DR DAVIES & PARTNER
55 LITTLE HEATH ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5HL
ODS code G83033
3.4 km
HORSMAN'S PLACE SURGERY
HORSMANS PLACE, INSTONE ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2JP
ODS code G82048
3.5 km
LOWFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
65-67 LOWFIELD STREET, DARTFORD, DA1 1HP
ODS code G82143
3.5 km
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
ERITH HEALTH CENTRE, 50 PIER ROAD, ERITH, DA8 1RQ
ODS code G83630
3.8 km
BEXLEY MEDICAL GROUP
171 KING HAROLDS WAY, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5RB
ODS code G83053
4.1 km
BELVEDERE MEDICAL CENTRE
15 ALBERT ROAD, BELVEDERE, DA17 5LQ
ODS code G83052
4.3 km
WELLING MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 DANSON CRESCENT, WELLING, DA16 2AT
ODS code G83025
4.3 km
INGLETON AVENUE SURGERY
84 INGLETON AVENUE, WELLING, DA16 2JZ
ODS code G83024
4.4 km
BEXLEY GROUP PRACTICE
76-78 UPPER WICKHAM LANE, WELLING, DA16 3HQ
ODS code G83028
4.4 km
TEMPLE HILL SURGERY
ST EDMUNDS CHURCH LIVING, ST. EDMUNDS ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 5ND
ODS code G82647
4.5 km
BARNARD MEDICAL GROUP
43 GRANVILLE ROAD, SIDCUP, DA14 4TA
ODS code G83004
4.7 km
SIDCUP MEDICAL CENTRE
2 CHURCH AVENUE, SIDCUP, DA14 6BU
ODS code G83066
4.9 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.4 miles
Bigs Hill Wood
BCT · Crayford
- 0.4 miles
Gravel Hill Close
BCT · Bexley
- 0.4 miles
Bigs Hill Wood
BCT · Crayford
- 0.4 miles
Bourne Road / Crayford
BCT · Crayford
- 0.4 miles
Bourne Road / Crayford
BCT · Crayford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bexley 019H, 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
21,917 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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
1,914 published events cover 12 months, averaging 159.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 562 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.