Schools
110 open schools are in scope, including 69 primary and 19 secondary schools. Hurst Primary School is the nearest published school at 597 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA5 3DA
Blendon & Penhill · Bexley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Blendon & Penhill
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Postcode district
- DA5
- Postcode sector
- DA5 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA5 3DA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA5
- Postcode sector
- DA5 3
- Latitude
- 51.444888
- Longitude
- 0.121093
- British National Grid easting
- 547,500
- British National Grid northing
- 173,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Bexley · E09000004
- Electoral ward
- Blendon & Penhill · E05011221
- Parish or community
- E43000194
- Westminster constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup · E14001414
- Output area
- E00001718
- Lower layer super output area
- Bexley 024A · E01000351
- Middle layer super output area
- Bexley 024 · E02000088
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
- 110
- Primary
- 69
- Secondary
- 19
- 597 m
Hurst Primary School
Academy converter
- 686 m
Sherwood Park Primary School
Academy converter
- 746 m
Blackfen School for Girls
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,406
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 387
- Anti social behaviour 286
- Vehicle crime 173
- Burglary 94
- Public order 93
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DA5 3 residents
- 8,401
Age bands in DA5 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.2%
1,394 residents
867 residents
1,895 residents
2,238 residents
1,615 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
25
within 5 km straight-line
INGLETON AVENUE SURGERY
84 INGLETON AVENUE, WELLING, DA16 2JZ
ODS code G83024
1.6 km
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
1.6 km
WELLING MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 DANSON CRESCENT, WELLING, DA16 2AT
ODS code G83025
2.0 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
2.1 km
BARNARD MEDICAL GROUP
43 GRANVILLE ROAD, SIDCUP, DA14 4TA
ODS code G83004
2.2 km
WOODLANDS SURGERY
146 HALFWAY STREET, SIDCUP, DA15 8DF
ODS code G83057
2.3 km
BEXLEY GROUP PRACTICE
76-78 UPPER WICKHAM LANE, WELLING, DA16 3HQ
ODS code G83028
2.5 km
SIDCUP MEDICAL CENTRE
2 CHURCH AVENUE, SIDCUP, DA14 6BU
ODS code G83066
2.6 km
THE WESTWOOD SURGERY
24 WESTWOOD LANE, WELLING, DA16 2HE
ODS code G83002
2.6 km
BELLEGROVE SURGERY
174 BELLEGROVE ROAD, WELLING, DA16 3RE
ODS code G83009
2.8 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
3.2 km
DR DAVIES & PARTNER
55 LITTLE HEATH ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5HL
ODS code G83033
3.3 km
BEXLEY MEDICAL GROUP
171 KING HAROLDS WAY, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5RB
ODS code G83053
3.4 km
NEW ELTHAM AND BLACKFEN MEDICAL CENTRE
52 THAXTED ROAD, NEW ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 3PT
ODS code G83628
3.5 km
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
4.2 km
BELVEDERE MEDICAL CENTRE
15 ALBERT ROAD, BELVEDERE, DA17 5LQ
ODS code G83052
4.5 km
ELMSTEAD MEDICAL CLINIC
81 WILLIAM BAREFOOT DRIVE, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 3JD
ODS code G83673
4.5 km
THE CHISLEHURST PARTNERSHIP
42 HIGH STREET, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5AQ
ODS code G84010
4.7 km
ELTHAM MEDICAL PRACTICE
ELTHAM COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, PASSEY PLACE, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5DQ
ODS code G83680
4.7 km
ELTHAM PALACE SURGERY
30 PASSEY PLACE, LONDON, SE9 5DQ
ODS code G83015
4.7 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Penhill Road / Blackfen Road
BCT · Blackfen
- 0.2 miles
Beechway
BCT · Blackfen
- 0.3 miles
Blackfen Road / Penhill Road
BCT · Blackfen
- 0.3 miles
Blackfen Road / Penhill Road
BCT · Blackfen
- 0.3 miles
Beechway
BCT · Blackfen
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bexley 024A, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
29,881 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 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
1,406 published events cover 12 months, averaging 117.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 387 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.