DA7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bexleyheath, Barnehurst and West Heath, 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 DA7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DA7, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DA7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DA7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DA7 at a rate of 78.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.9 per 1,000 people across the DA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 264 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DA7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (902), anti-social behaviour (655) and other crime (451).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DA7 was 75.3 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 DA7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DA7 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 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 DA7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley 006C | 1,495 | 35.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Bexley 007D | 1,385 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bexley 009A | 1,568 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Bexley 009B | 1,403 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Bexley 009C | 1,263 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| Bexley 009D | 1,521 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bexley 010B | 1,680 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Bexley 011A | 1,637 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bexley 011B | 1,492 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Bexley 011C | 1,441 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Bexley 011D | 1,658 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Bexley 011E | 1,757 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Bexley 014A | 1,647 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Bexley 014B | 1,381 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Bexley 014D | 1,558 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| Bexley 014E | 1,620 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Bexley 015C | 1,728 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.3% |
| Bexley 015D | 1,640 | 57.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.3% |
| Bexley 015E | 1,628 | 99.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Bexley 017A | 1,628 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.4% |
| Bexley 017B | 1,635 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Bexley 017C | 1,695 | 92.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.0% |
| Bexley 017D | 1,656 | 189.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.8% |
Your MP
- Daniel FrancisLabourMP for Bexleyheath and Crayford
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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Nearest rail stations4
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DA7 in brief
DA7 is a postcode district covering Bexleyheath, Barnehurst and West Heath, in Bexley.
About 37,697 people lived in DA7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £480,000 in 2025 across 454 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 78.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DA7 was £480,000 in 2025.
DA7 had 36,778 usual residents at the census.
In DA7, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DA7, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.