Schools
92 open schools are in scope, including 56 primary and 20 secondary schools. Maypole Primary School is the nearest published school at 444 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA5 2LE
Joyden's Wood · Dartford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Joyden's Wood
- Local authority
- Dartford
- Constituency
- Dartford
- Postcode district
- DA5
- Postcode sector
- DA5 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA5 2LE
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1995
- Terminated
- 1 June 1998
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA5
- Postcode sector
- DA5 2
- Latitude
- 51.430871
- Longitude
- 0.167660
- British National Grid easting
- 550,782
- British National Grid northing
- 172,436
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Dartford · E07000107
- Electoral ward
- Joyden's Wood · E05012400
- Parish or community
- E43000286
- Westminster constituency
- Dartford · E14001191
- Output area
- E00122607
- Lower layer super output area
- Dartford 010D · E01024153
- Middle layer super output area
- Dartford 010 · E02005037
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
- 92
- Primary
- 56
- Secondary
- 20
- 444 m
Maypole Primary School
Academy converter
- 723 m
Joydens Wood Junior School
Academy converter
- 780 m
Joydens Wood Infant School
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Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 484
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 184
- Anti social behaviour 63
- Criminal damage and arson 58
- Vehicle crime 53
- Other theft 32
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DA5 2 residents
- 5,390
Age bands in DA5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28%
- Age 65 and over
- 23.6%
852 residents
564 residents
1,130 residents
1,470 residents
1,240 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
15
within 5 km straight-line
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
2.1 km
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
2.3 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
2.9 km
REDWOOD PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82185
3.2 km
THE WELLCOME PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82056
3.2 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
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
SWANLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
26-28 SWANLEY CENTRE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AH
ODS code G82028
3.9 km
BARNARD MEDICAL GROUP
43 GRANVILLE ROAD, SIDCUP, DA14 4TA
ODS code G83004
4.3 km
SIDCUP MEDICAL CENTRE
2 CHURCH AVENUE, SIDCUP, DA14 6BU
ODS code G83066
4.4 km
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
4.7 km
DR CJ SHIMMINS & PARTNERS
PILGRIMS WAY, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82006
4.9 km
PILGRIMS WAY SURGERY
DARTFORD EAST HEALTH CENTRE, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82212
4.9 km
TEMPLE HILL SURGERY
ST EDMUNDS CHURCH LIVING, ST. EDMUNDS ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 5ND
ODS code G82647
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Tile Kiln Lane
BCT · Coldblow
- 0.1 miles
Tile Kiln Lane
BCT · Coldblow
- 0.1 miles
Briar Road
BCT · Joydens Wood
- 0.2 miles
Briar Road
BCT · Joydens Wood
- 0.3 miles
Baldwyns Park / Dartford Road
BCT · Coldblow
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dartford 010D, 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
32,209 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
484 published events cover 12 months, averaging 40.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 184 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.