DA16 postcode area guide — Bexley
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the DA16 postcode district in Bexley — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in DA16
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
95.9%
Gigabit-capable
95.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the DA16 postcode district (Bexley) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 562 postcodes Ofcom measures in DA16, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 95.4%.
Around 0% of premises in DA16 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in DA16
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| DA16 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| DA16 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| DA16 1AR | 100% | 100% |
| DA16 1AS | 100% | 100% |
| DA16 1AT | 100% | 100% |
| DA16 1AU | 100% | 100% |
| DA16 1AX | 100% | 100% |
| DA16 1AY | 100% | 100% |
| DA16 1AZ | 100% | 100% |
| DA16 1BB | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Bexley
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Bexley district (106,074 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
98.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.8%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in DA16
Police recorded 269 incidents within about a mile of the centre of DA16 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 100 | 37.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 53 | 19.7% |
| Shoplifting | 46 | 17.1% |
| Public order | 21 | 7.8% |
| Vehicle crime | 21 | 7.8% |
| Other theft | 10 | 3.7% |
| Burglary | 6 | 2.2% |
| Drugs | 4 | 1.5% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in DA16
Based on 314 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in DA16 is £465,500, up 1.2% on the previous year (£460,000).
Detached
£600,000
4 sales
Semi-detached
£495,100
190 sales
Terraced
£435,000
78 sales
Flat / maisonette
£241,000
34 sales
Latest recorded sales in DA16
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | £220,000 | Flat | Welling Way | DA16 2RJ |
| 15 May 2026 | £400,000 | Terraced | Radnor Avenue | DA16 2DA |
| 15 May 2026 | £450,000 | Semi-detached | Ruskin Avenue | DA16 3QQ |
| 15 May 2026 | £385,000 | Terraced | Porthkerry Avenue | DA16 2DS |
| 5 May 2026 | £525,000 | Semi-detached | Cumberland Avenue | DA16 2PU |
| 5 May 2026 | £520,000 | Semi-detached | Sutherland Avenue | DA16 2NN |
| 1 May 2026 | £727,500 | Semi-detached | Gipsy Road | DA16 1JJ |
| 1 May 2026 | £500,000 | Semi-detached | Seaton Road | DA16 1DT |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £525,000 | Semi-detached | Sutherland Avenue | DA16 2NN |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £465,000 | Other | Welling High Street | DA16 1TQ |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Bexley demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Bexley district (246,472 residents, 95,300 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20.6% |
| 15–29 | 23% |
| 30–44 | 20.6% |
| 45–64 | 19.3% |
| 65+ | 16.6% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 68.6% |
| Private rented | 15.4% |
| Social rented | 12.1% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around DA16
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,504 | DA16 2BL |
| Harris Academy Falconwood | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,295 | DA16 2PE |
| Welling School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,084 | DA16 1LB |
| Danson Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 592 | DA16 2BH |
| East Wickham Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 585 | DA16 3BP |
| Foster's Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 452 | DA16 1PN |
| Hook Lane Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 447 | DA16 2ET |
| St Stephen's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 419 | DA16 3QG |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in DA16
207 rated food businesses operate in DA16. 109 hold the top rating of 5, 42 are rated 4, and 13 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Achieve Together, Anchor Service Station, Bar 54, Bexley Day Nursery, Bexley Deaf Club.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in DA16
From a sample of 207 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 DA16 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 38% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
0%
Band B
19%
Band C
18%
Band D
41%
Band E
18%
Band F
3%
Band G
0%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Bexley
Landlines around DA16 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.