Bexley

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• Today: 12° / 9° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:27

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bexley - Belvedere West, United Kingdom

• 8.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

338 reported · August 2026▼ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences102
• Anti-social behaviour79
• Shoplifting36
• Public order29

Neighbourhood team: Bexleyheath · Metropolitan

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

380 reported road collisions (2025)

82 killed or seriously injured · 467 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 429 rated 4–5 ★ (336 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Bexleyheath (0.9 km)
• 51 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£414,833 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Bexley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,537 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,229
• 2 bed £1,526
• 3 bed £1,865

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

12.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.2 times median annual pay (12.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,534 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (8.7 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 36 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: 1 Hawthorn Road (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches39
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

246,472 residents in Bexley · 4,071/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK17,887
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK18,935
• Net moves−1,048

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 200 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,366 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 101,740)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

92 schools · 42,669 pupils

60 primary · 15 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 30 of 36 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

83 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bexley

206 CQC-registered services

• Care homes31
• GP practices29
• Dentists55
• Homecare agencies70
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 83% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bexley

• Not in the Green Belt
• 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

327 applications decided

89% granted · 291 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Daniel Francis

Labour

Bexleyheath and Crayford

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 28
• Ref 7
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools18
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens92
• Restaurants & cafés74

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,820 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

145 jobs advertised · £41,236 avg

e.g. Site Engineer, Move-Out Cleaning Specialist, Graduate Site Manager

Source: Adzuna

£889 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,538 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 108,827 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 11% · Biomass 7%

211 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.1 women · 61.9 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in DA6

• The Albion Surgery
• Endoscopy (Gpsi) Dr Sk Roy

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bexleyheath and Crayford:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death352 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth188 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND161 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence124 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases109 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Bexleyheath · 0.3 km

  Bexleyheath is a town in southeast London, England, in the London Borough of Bexley. It had a population of approximately 15,600 in 2021 and is 12 miles southeast of Charing Cross. It is identified in the London Plan…

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  Central Library (Bexleyheath) · 0.3 km

  The Central Library is the main library for the London Borough of Bexley, now located on Townley Road in Bexleyheath. It also houses the borough's Local Studies and Archive Centre.

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  Broadway Shopping Centre, Bexleyheath · 0.4 km

  Broadway Shopping Centre is the principal covered shopping centre in the town centre of Bexleyheath and is the largest single covered shopping facility in the London Borough of Bexley.

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  Bexleyheath Academy · 0.5 km

  Bexleyheath Academy is a mixed secondary school state school in Bexleyheath, in the London Borough of Bexley. Students typically join the school in year 7 or enter into the sixth form.

• Bexley Hospital, Bexleyheath · 0.6 km

  Bexley Hospital, Bexleyheath was a cottage hospital on Upton Road in Bexleyheath, founded in 1884 and paid for by the Bexley United Charities. It was previously called the Bexley Cottage Hospital and Provident Dispens…

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  Red House, Bexleyheath · 0.7 km

  Red House is a significant Arts and Crafts building located in Bexleyheath, south-east London, England. Co-designed in 1859 by the architect Philip Webb and the designer William Morris, it was created to serve as a fa…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)