DA8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Northumberland Heath, Erith and Slade Green, 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 DA8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 67% of people in DA8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DA8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DA8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DA8 at a rate of 99.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.9 per 1,000 people across the DA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 365 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DA8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,414), anti-social behaviour (847) and other crime (605).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DA8 was 88.7 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 DA8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DA8 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DA8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley 004A | 2,403 | 261.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 51.6% |
| Bexley 004B | 2,423 | 136.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.1% |
| Bexley 004C | 1,576 | 127.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Bexley 005C | 2,144 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.9% |
| Bexley 005D | 1,870 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.3% |
| Bexley 007A | 1,373 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Bexley 007B | 1,688 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Bexley 007C | 1,424 | 135.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.3% |
| Bexley 007E | 1,802 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.1% |
| Bexley 008A | 1,325 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.6% |
| Bexley 008B | 1,693 | 97.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 59.6% |
| Bexley 008C | 2,050 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.8% |
| Bexley 008D | 1,199 | 140.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Bexley 008F | 1,957 | 173.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 64.0% |
| Bexley 008G | 1,593 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.7% |
| Bexley 008H | 1,768 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.1% |
| Bexley 008I | 1,338 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| Bexley 010A | 2,266 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Bexley 010C | 1,689 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Bexley 010E | 1,490 | 114.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.3% |
| Bexley 014C | 1,727 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
MPs for DA8
- Daniel FrancisLabourMP for Bexleyheath and Crayford68% of DA8’s postcodes
- Ms Abena Oppong-AsareLabourMP for Erith and Thamesmead32% of DA8’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.
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Council1
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Postcode districts next to DA83
Nearest rail stations4
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DA8 in brief
DA8 is a postcode district covering Northumberland Heath, Erith and Slade Green, in Bexley.
About 40,995 people lived in DA8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £365,000 in 2025 across 298 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 99.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DA8 was £365,000 in 2025.
DA8 had 37,735 usual residents at the census.
About 67% of people in DA8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DA8, 87.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.