DA1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Dartford, Temple Hill and Barnes Cray, in Dartford and Bexley.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DA1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 93% of people in DA1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DA1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DA1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DA1 at a rate of 98.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.9 per 1,000 people across the DA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 599 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DA1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,045), anti-social behaviour (1,292) and other crime (1,063).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DA1 was 102.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in DA1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DA1 has no single figure. Of its 37 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DA1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley 010D | 1,736 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.3% |
| Bexley 019A | 1,579 | 142.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Bexley 019B | 2,128 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.1% |
| Bexley 019C | 1,614 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Bexley 019D | 1,474 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| Bexley 019F | 1,712 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Bexley 019G | 1,381 | 336.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.0% |
| Bexley 019H | 1,382 | 122.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Dartford 001C | 1,347 | 101.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Dartford 001D | 2,522 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.8% |
| Dartford 001E | 1,618 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Dartford 001F | 1,690 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.2% |
| Dartford 001G | 1,579 | 76.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.9% |
| Dartford 001H | 1,240 | 112.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.8% |
| Dartford 001I | 1,268 | 240.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 76.9% |
| Dartford 001J | 1,482 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.7% |
| Dartford 001K | 1,622 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.9% |
| Dartford 003A | 2,417 | 108.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 65.6% |
| Dartford 003B | 2,076 | 128.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| Dartford 003C | 1,812 | 575.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.4% |
| Dartford 003D | 1,438 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Dartford 003E | 2,152 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 75.9% |
| Dartford 003F | 2,308 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.6% |
| Dartford 005A | 1,678 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 77.8% |
| Dartford 005B | 2,059 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Dartford 005E | 1,977 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Dartford 007A | 1,497 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Dartford 007B | 1,655 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.7% |
| Dartford 007C | 1,440 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.6% |
| Dartford 007D | 1,770 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Dartford 007E | 1,365 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Dartford 008B | 1,524 | 115.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 75.7% |
| Dartford 008C | 1,915 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.3% |
| Dartford 009A | 1,693 | 67.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 71.0% |
| Dartford 009B | 1,715 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Dartford 009C | 2,076 | 159.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.6% |
| Dartford 009D | 1,249 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.2% |
MPs for DA1
- Jim DicksonLabourMP for Dartford77% of DA1’s postcodes
- Daniel FrancisLabourMP for Bexleyheath and Crayford21% of DA1’s postcodes
- Laura TrottConservativeMP for Sevenoaks1.7% of DA1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in DA16
Postcode sectors in DA16
Councils DA1 covers2
Towns in DA12
Postcode districts next to DA15
Nearest rail stations4
More in the DA postcode area2
DA1 in brief
DA1 is a postcode district covering Dartford, Temple Hill and Barnes Cray, in Dartford and Bexley.
About 69,222 people lived in DA1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £370,000 in 2025 across 763 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 98.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DA1 was £370,000 in 2025.
DA1 had 65,309 usual residents at the census.
About 93% of people in DA1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DA1, 89.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.