Schools
97 open schools are in scope, including 64 primary and 18 secondary schools. Leigh Academy Bexley is the nearest published school at 225 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DA8 3XX
Northumberland Heath · Bexley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Northumberland Heath
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford
- Postcode district
- DA8
- Postcode sector
- DA8 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA8 3XX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1998
- Terminated
- 1 February 2018
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA8
- Postcode sector
- DA8 3
- Latitude
- 51.474259
- Longitude
- 0.162950
- British National Grid easting
- 550,312
- British National Grid northing
- 177,251
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Bexley · E09000004
- Electoral ward
- Northumberland Heath · E05011228
- Parish or community
- E43000194
- Westminster constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford · E14001089
- Output area
- E00002158
- Lower layer super output area
- Bexley 007C · E01000439
- Middle layer super output area
- Bexley 007 · E02000071
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 DA8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 97
- Primary
- 64
- Secondary
- 18
- 225 m
Leigh Academy Bexley
Academy sponsor led
- 375 m
St Fidelis Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 443 m
Northumberland Heath Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,897
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,385
- Anti social behaviour 566
- Other theft 283
- Criminal damage and arson 280
- Vehicle crime 277
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DA8 3 residents
- 11,663
Age bands in DA8 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.6%
2,454 residents
1,335 residents
3,162 residents
2,809 residents
1,675 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
21
within 5 km straight-line
NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH MED.CTR.
HIND CRESCENT, NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH, ERITH, DA8 3DB
ODS code G83010
366 m
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
ERITH HEALTH CENTRE, 50 PIER ROAD, ERITH, DA8 1RQ
ODS code G83630
1.4 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
1.5 km
BELVEDERE MEDICAL CENTRE
15 ALBERT ROAD, BELVEDERE, DA17 5LQ
ODS code G83052
1.6 km
DR DAVIES & PARTNER
55 LITTLE HEATH ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5HL
ODS code G83033
1.6 km
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
1.9 km
BEXLEY MEDICAL GROUP
171 KING HAROLDS WAY, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5RB
ODS code G83053
2.4 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
2.5 km
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
3.0 km
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
3.7 km
LAKESIDE MEDICAL
LAKESIDE HEALTH CENTRE, YARNTON WAY, LONDON, SE2 9LH
ODS code G83018
3.7 km
BEXLEY GROUP PRACTICE
76-78 UPPER WICKHAM LANE, WELLING, DA16 3HQ
ODS code G83028
3.8 km
ABBEY WOOD SURGERY
9 GODSTOW ROAD, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 9AT
ODS code G83031
4.1 km
WELLING MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 DANSON CRESCENT, WELLING, DA16 2AT
ODS code G83025
4.1 km
ABBEYSLADE PMS (DR CHAND)
111 BASILDON ROAD, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 0ER
ODS code G83631
4.1 km
REDWOOD PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82185
4.4 km
THE WELLCOME PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82056
4.4 km
INGLETON AVENUE SURGERY
84 INGLETON AVENUE, WELLING, DA16 2JZ
ODS code G83024
4.7 km
THE WESTWOOD SURGERY
24 WESTWOOD LANE, WELLING, DA16 2HE
ODS code G83002
4.7 km
BELLEGROVE SURGERY
174 BELLEGROVE ROAD, WELLING, DA16 3RE
ODS code G83009
4.8 km
Showing 20 of 21 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Northumberland Park / Bexley Road
BCT · Northumberland Heath
- 0.1 miles
Northumberland Park / Bexley Road
BCT · Northumberland Heath
- 0.1 miles
Bexley Road Northumberland Heath
BCT · Northumberland Heath
- 0.2 miles
King Henry School
BCT · Erith
- 0.2 miles
Erith & District Hospital
BCT · Erith
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bexley 007C, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,525 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
3,897 published events cover 12 months, averaging 324.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,385 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.