Property market
The five-year median is £345,000 from 2,078 recorded sales in DA8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Bexley is £405,477 in June 2026, up 1.2% year on year.
DA8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 981
- Current units
- 655
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- London
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 326
Postcode sectors in DA8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
17,443 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4, Newbery Road, Erith, DA8 2BY | 29 July 2026 | £430,000 |
| 187, Bridge Road, Erith, DA8 2HS | 21 July 2026 | £310,000 |
| 137, Chandlers Drive, Erith, DA8 1LW | 17 July 2026 | £173,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 12
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,764
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,384
- Anti social behaviour 565
- Criminal damage and arson 274
- Vehicle crime 268
- Public order 256
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DA8 usual residents
- 38,275
- Age-profile population
- 38,456
Age bands in DA8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 23.1%
- 8,898 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.2%
- 4,674 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.6%
- 10,993 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.6%
- 9,460 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 11.5%
- 4,431 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 622 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 587 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 489 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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
3
in this district
NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH MED.CTR.
HIND CRESCENT, NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH, ERITH, DA8 3DB
ODS code G83010
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
ERITH HEALTH CENTRE, 50 PIER ROAD, ERITH, DA8 1RQ
ODS code G83630
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
Evidence in context
Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,764 published events cover 12 months, averaging 314 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,384 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.