DA5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bexley and Joyden's Wood, in Bexley and 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 DA5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 70% of people in DA5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DA5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DA5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DA5 at a rate of 44.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.9 per 1,000 people across the DA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 84 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DA5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (275), anti-social behaviour (203) and other crime (125).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DA5 was 48.0 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 DA5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DA5 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DA5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley 017E | 1,689 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Bexley 020A | 1,515 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Bexley 020B | 1,723 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.5% |
| Bexley 023B | 1,642 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.2% |
| Bexley 023C | 1,959 | 100.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 73.8% |
| Bexley 023D | 1,346 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| Bexley 023E | 1,562 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.7% |
| Bexley 024A | 1,612 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Bexley 024B | 1,330 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Bexley 024C | 1,666 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Bexley 024D | 1,505 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Dartford 010B | 1,455 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.4% |
| Dartford 010D | 1,400 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
MPs for DA5
- Mr Louie FrenchConservativeMP for Old Bexley and Sidcup72% of DA5’s postcodes
- Jim DicksonLabourMP for Dartford18% of DA5’s postcodes
- Daniel FrancisLabourMP for Bexleyheath and Crayford10% of DA5’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 DA52
Postcode sectors in DA54
Councils DA5 covers2
Towns in DA51
Postcode districts next to DA55
Nearest rail stations4
More in the DA postcode area2
DA5 in brief
DA5 is a postcode district covering Bexley and Joyden's Wood, in Bexley and Dartford.
About 20,954 people lived in DA5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £525,000 in 2025 across 303 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 44.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DA5 was £525,000 in 2025.
DA5 had 20,964 usual residents at the census.
About 70% of people in DA5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DA5, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.