DA2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Dartford, Fleet-Downs and Wilmington, in Dartford.
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 DA2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 99% of people in DA2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DA2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DA2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DA2 at a rate of 101.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.9 per 1,000 people across the DA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 182 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DA2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,107), anti-social behaviour (362) and other crime (335).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DA2 was 107.5 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 DA2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DA2 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 DA2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartford 005C | 2,106 | 249.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 50.9% |
| Dartford 005D | 1,907 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.3% |
| Dartford 006A | 2,290 | 115.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.9% |
| Dartford 006B | 1,576 | 124.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.6% |
| Dartford 008A | 1,367 | 200.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 75.1% |
| Dartford 008D | 1,911 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.1% |
| Dartford 008E | 1,822 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Dartford 010A | 1,504 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.0% |
| Dartford 010C | 2,728 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.6% |
| Dartford 011A | 1,810 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 13.8% |
| Dartford 011B | 1,179 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.0% |
| Dartford 011C | 1,469 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.1% |
| Dartford 011D | 1,541 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 72.8% |
| Dartford 012A | 1,319 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Dartford 012B | 1,636 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 64.8% |
| Dartford 012C | 1,464 | 239.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 71.3% |
MPs for DA2
- Jim DicksonLabourMP for Dartford80% of DA2’s postcodes
- Laura TrottConservativeMP for Sevenoaks20% of DA2’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 DA25
Postcode sectors in DA23
Council1
Towns in DA21
Postcode districts next to DA29
Nearest rail stations4
More in the DA postcode area2
DA2 in brief
DA2 is a postcode district covering Dartford, Fleet-Downs and Wilmington, in Dartford.
About 25,698 people lived in DA2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 319 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 101.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DA2 was £400,000 in 2025.
DA2 had 25,277 usual residents at the census.
About 99% of people in DA2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DA2, 76.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.