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Bexley

Bexley is a town or village in Greater London, England. It has 51 bus stops and Bexleyheath railway station is 0.9 km away. The area offers 1 school, 3 GPs & clinics, 2 supermarkets, and 4 restaurants & cafés. There were around 325 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Anti-social behaviour. Covers 3 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Bexley is around the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 246,472 residents at roughly 4,071 people per km².

45/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 184th of 294 English council areas — better than 37% of them.

Low crime63
Home affordability10
Affordable rents11
Good schools31
Life expectancy62
Low deprivation60
Employment41
Low council tax67

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 12° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:27

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bexley - Belvedere West, United Kingdom

Crime

401 reported · July 2026 42% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour126
  • Violence & sexual offences117
  • Shoplifting41
  • Public order30

59 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bexleyheath · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Violence against Person
  • Drug offences

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

Road safety

404 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 483 casualties · 16.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 417 rated 4–5 ★ (324 top)
  • 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Bexleyheath (0.9 km):

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Live buses at Trinity Place:

  • 422North Greenwich · 1 min
  • 89Lewisham Station · 1 min
  • B12Erith · 1 min
  • 96Woolwich · 2 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£405,477 average 1.2% YoY

Across Bexley · to 2026-06

Detached£721,515
Semi-detached£523,983
Terraced£407,701
Flat£241,105

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,534 average monthly rent 1.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,226
  • 2 bed £1,523
  • 3 bed £1,862

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (8.7 km)

46 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 190 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,366 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,578
B £1,841
C £2,103
D £2,366
E £2,892
F £3,418
G £3,944
H £4,733

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

Schools

92 schools · 43,011 pupils

60 primary · 15 secondary · 17 other

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

84inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bexley Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Townley Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Beths Grammar SchoolGood
  • Cleeve Park SchoolGood
  • Haberdashers' Crayford AcademyGood
  • Harris Academy FalconwoodGood
  • Lift BexleyheathGood
  • St Catherine's Catholic SchoolGood
  • Hurstmere SchoolRequires improvement
  • Welling SchoolRequires improvement
  • Leigh Academy BexleyInadequate
  • Blackfen School for Girls
  • Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School
  • St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
  • Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bexley

Care & health services

202 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes31
  • GP practices27
  • Dentists53
  • Homecare agencies70
  • Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bexley

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

291 applications decided

86.9% granted · 253 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Daniel Francis

Labour

Bexleyheath and Crayford

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 9
  • Con 28
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools18
  • GPs & clinics6
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens21
  • Restaurants & cafés73

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,595 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

337 jobs advertised · £43,450 avg

e.g. Superflex Roadside Patrol - Bromley, Roadside Technician - Bromley, Residential End of Lease Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 32% · Nuclear 11% · Biomass 10%

174 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in DA6

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

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bexleyheath and Crayford:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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)