DA14
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sidcup, Foots Cray and Longlands, in 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 DA14 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 36% of people in DA14 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DA14 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DA14 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DA14 at a rate of 80.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.9 per 1,000 people across the DA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 131 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DA14.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (591), anti-social behaviour (417) and other crime (282).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DA14 was 82.3 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 DA14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DA14 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 DA14
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley 026C | 2,011 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Bexley 026D | 2,175 | 157.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 81.4% |
| Bexley 027A | 1,572 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Bexley 027B | 1,719 | 68.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.2% |
| Bexley 027C | 1,558 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Bexley 027D | 1,902 | 145.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 63.7% |
| Bexley 027E | 1,542 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Bexley 027F | 1,871 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.5% |
| Bexley 028A | 1,617 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.3% |
| Bexley 028B | 1,593 | 100.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.2% |
| Bexley 028C | 2,006 | 106.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.3% |
| Bexley 028D | 1,537 | 108.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.7% |
MPs for DA14
- Mr Louie FrenchConservativeMP for Old Bexley and Sidcup96% of DA14’s postcodes
- Gareth BaconConservativeMP for Orpington3.5% of DA14’s postcodes
- Jim DicksonLabourMP for Dartford0.6% of DA14’s postcodes
- Clive EffordLabourMP for Eltham and Chislehurst0.2% of DA14’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 DA142
Postcode sectors in DA143
Council1
Towns in DA141
Postcode districts next to DA146
Nearest rail stations4
More in the DA postcode area2
DA14 in brief
DA14 is a postcode district covering Sidcup, Foots Cray and Longlands, in Bexley.
About 23,826 people lived in DA14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £408,000 in 2025 across 350 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 80.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DA14 was £408,000 in 2025.
DA14 had 23,101 usual residents at the census.
About 36% of people in DA14 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DA14, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.