Schools
97 open schools are in scope, including 59 primary and 23 secondary schools. Maypole Primary School is the nearest published school at 888 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA5 2AX
St Mary's & St James · Bexley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Bexley
- Ward
- St Mary's & St James
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Postcode district
- DA5
- Postcode sector
- DA5 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA5 2AX
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA5
- Postcode sector
- DA5 2
- Latitude
- 51.436890
- Longitude
- 0.165053
- British National Grid easting
- 550,581
- British National Grid northing
- 173,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Bexley · E09000004
- Electoral ward
- St Mary's & St James · E05011229
- Parish or community
- E43000194
- Westminster constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup · E14001414
- Output area
- E00002180
- Lower layer super output area
- Bexley 023B · E01000444
- Middle layer super output area
- Bexley 023 · E02000087
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
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Property
7 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, The Firs, Bexley, DA5 2AX | 1 April 2021 | £700,000 |
| 5, The Firs, Bexley, DA5 2AX | 5 February 2021 | £700,000 |
| 3, The Firs, Bexley, DA5 2AX | 1 May 2018 | £568,000 |
Schools
Within 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 97
- Primary
- 59
- Secondary
- 23
- 888 m
Maypole Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.4 km
Joydens Wood Junior School
Academy converter
- 1.4 km
Joydens Wood Infant School
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Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 802
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 272
- Anti social behaviour 128
- Vehicle crime 98
- Criminal damage and arson 98
- Other theft 64
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 18
- 9 female, 9 male
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 3.0
- DA5 2 residents
- 5,390
Age bands in DA5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.2%
- 852 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- 564 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.5%
- 1,130 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28%
- 1,470 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 23.6%
- 1,240 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DA5 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
19
within 5 km straight-line
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
1.6 km
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
1.9 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
2.3 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
2.7 km
REDWOOD PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82185
3.1 km
THE WELLCOME PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82056
3.1 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
3.6 km
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
4.1 km
BARNARD MEDICAL GROUP
43 GRANVILLE ROAD, SIDCUP, DA14 4TA
ODS code G83004
4.3 km
DR DAVIES & PARTNER
55 LITTLE HEATH ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5HL
ODS code G83033
4.3 km
SIDCUP MEDICAL CENTRE
2 CHURCH AVENUE, SIDCUP, DA14 6BU
ODS code G83066
4.4 km
NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH MED.CTR.
HIND CRESCENT, NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH, ERITH, DA8 3DB
ODS code G83010
4.5 km
SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH
ODS code G82028
4.6 km
INGLETON AVENUE SURGERY
84 INGLETON AVENUE, WELLING, DA16 2JZ
ODS code G83024
4.6 km
WELLING MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 DANSON CRESCENT, WELLING, DA16 2AT
ODS code G83025
4.8 km
TEMPLE HILL SURGERY
ST EDMUNDS CHURCH LIVING, ST. EDMUNDS ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 5ND
ODS code G82647
4.9 km
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
ERITH HEALTH CENTRE, 50 PIER ROAD, ERITH, DA8 1RQ
ODS code G83630
4.9 km
BEXLEY MEDICAL GROUP
171 KING HAROLDS WAY, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5RB
ODS code G83053
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 172 m
Dartford Road / Baldwyns Park
BCT · Coldblow
- 196 m
St Mary's Road Bexley
BCT · Coldblow
- 242 m
Baldwyns Park
BCT · Coldblow
- 258 m
Old Bexley Lane
BCT · Coldblow
- 277 m
St Mary's Road Bexley
BCT · Coldblow
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bexley 023B, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
32,469 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
802 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 272 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.