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DA12

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Gravesend, Windmill Hill and Riverview Park, in Gravesham.

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 DA12 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in DA12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£355,000
Joint 766th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
49,886
216th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
87.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How DA12 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

DA12Middle
Median sale price18 postcode districts, DA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in DA18 areas from £255,000 to £525,000. The middle area is £392,500. DA12 is £355,000.
£355,0004th cheapest
Population18 postcode districts, DA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in DA18 areas from 5,299 to 65,309. The middle area is 22,033. DA12 is 49,886.
49,8862nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 postcode districts, DA · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in DA18 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 88.0%. DA12 is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 postcode districts, DA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in DA18 areas from 65.6% to 98.5%. The middle area is 88.0%. DA12 is 87.4%.
87.4%9th lowest

Is DA12 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DA12 at a rate of 92.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 87.9 per 1,000 people across the DA postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 424 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DA12.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,662), anti-social behaviour (1,100) and other crime (768).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DA12 was 105.2 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 DA12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DA12 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in DA12

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Gravesham 002A1,920202.2 per 1,000172.1%
Gravesham 002E2,038216.1 per 1,000149.0%
Gravesham 003A1,64798.9 per 1,000487.7%
Gravesham 003B2,20844.9 per 1,000797.2%
Gravesham 003C1,82660.4 per 1,000579.0%
Gravesham 003D2,95397.8 per 1,000292.7%
Gravesham 003E2,95293.0 per 1,000379.9%
Gravesham 005A1,55029.8 per 1,0001099.8%
Gravesham 005B1,73773.4 per 1,000797.3%
Gravesham 005D1,56343.2 per 1,0007100.0%
Gravesham 007A1,523122.8 per 1,000195.5%
Gravesham 007B1,58186.9 per 1,0003100.0%
Gravesham 007C1,418120.8 per 1,000399.8%
Gravesham 007D1,28673.5 per 1,000699.8%
Gravesham 007E1,688113.8 per 1,000289.6%
Gravesham 008A1,53551.6 per 1,000899.7%
Gravesham 008B1,38665.4 per 1,000998.0%
Gravesham 008C1,41034.7 per 1,000996.4%
Gravesham 008D1,38185.8 per 1,000299.8%
Gravesham 008E1,37331.9 per 1,000498.6%
Gravesham 010D1,40278.1 per 1,000873.9%
Gravesham 010E1,230114.5 per 1,000650.6%
Gravesham 011A1,54356.6 per 1,000488.1%
Gravesham 011B1,675118.4 per 1,000491.4%
Gravesham 011C1,716107.3 per 1,0001100.0%
Gravesham 011D1,821146.0 per 1,000299.9%
Gravesham 011E1,55682.4 per 1,000499.9%
Gravesham 013D1,48357.5 per 1,000747.4%

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DA12 in brief

DA12 is a postcode district covering Gravesend, Windmill Hill and Riverview Park, in Gravesham.

About 51,266 people lived in DA12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £355,000 in 2025 across 531 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 92.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in DA12 was £355,000 in 2025.

DA12 had 49,886 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in DA12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In DA12, 87.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.