Schools
104 open schools are in scope, including 62 primary and 21 secondary schools. Hurst Primary School is the nearest published school at 405 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA5 3JG
St Mary's & St James · Bexley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- St Mary's & St James
- 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 3JG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1992
- Terminated
- 1 June 1996
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA5
- Postcode sector
- DA5 3
- Latitude
- 51.439288
- Longitude
- 0.132345
- British National Grid easting
- 548,300
- British National Grid northing
- 173,300
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
- E00002194
- Lower layer super output area
- Bexley 024C · E01000445
- 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
- 104
- Primary
- 62
- Secondary
- 21
- 405 m
Hurst Primary School
Academy converter
- 602 m
Old Bexley Church of England School
Academy converter
- 985 m
Royal Park Primary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,062
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 313
- Anti social behaviour 205
- Vehicle crime 124
- Burglary 82
- Criminal damage and arson 76
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
18
within 5 km straight-line
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
927 m
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
1.9 km
BARNARD MEDICAL GROUP
43 GRANVILLE ROAD, SIDCUP, DA14 4TA
ODS code G83004
2.3 km
SIDCUP MEDICAL CENTRE
2 CHURCH AVENUE, SIDCUP, DA14 6BU
ODS code G83066
2.5 km
INGLETON AVENUE SURGERY
84 INGLETON AVENUE, WELLING, DA16 2JZ
ODS code G83024
2.6 km
WELLING MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 DANSON CRESCENT, WELLING, DA16 2AT
ODS code G83025
2.9 km
WOODLANDS SURGERY
146 HALFWAY STREET, SIDCUP, DA15 8DF
ODS code G83057
3.0 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
3.1 km
BEXLEY GROUP PRACTICE
76-78 UPPER WICKHAM LANE, WELLING, DA16 3HQ
ODS code G83028
3.3 km
THE WESTWOOD SURGERY
24 WESTWOOD LANE, WELLING, DA16 2HE
ODS code G83002
3.6 km
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
3.6 km
DR DAVIES & PARTNER
55 LITTLE HEATH ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5HL
ODS code G83033
3.7 km
BELLEGROVE SURGERY
174 BELLEGROVE ROAD, WELLING, DA16 3RE
ODS code G83009
3.8 km
BEXLEY MEDICAL GROUP
171 KING HAROLDS WAY, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5RB
ODS code G83053
4.0 km
NEW ELTHAM AND BLACKFEN MEDICAL CENTRE
52 THAXTED ROAD, NEW ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 3PT
ODS code G83628
4.1 km
BROOMWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
41 BROOMWOOD ROAD, ST. PAULS CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2JP
ODS code G84019
4.4 km
NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH MED.CTR.
HIND CRESCENT, NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH, ERITH, DA8 3DB
ODS code G83010
4.8 km
BELVEDERE MEDICAL CENTRE
15 ALBERT ROAD, BELVEDERE, DA17 5LQ
ODS code G83052
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Hurst Springs
BCT · Bexley
- 0.1 miles
Valentine Avenue
BCT · St Marys
- 0.1 miles
Albany Park - Hurst Road/Valentine Avenue
BCQ · Sidcup
- 0.2 miles
Carisbrooke Avenue
BCT · Bexley
- 0.2 miles
Carisbrooke Avenue
BCT · Bexley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bexley 024C, 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
30,998 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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
1,062 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 313 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.