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Blackfen & Lamorbey

Ward

South west Bexley. About 16,876 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Blackfen & Lamorbey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
16,719
476th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Blackfen & Lamorbey compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Blackfen & LamorbeyMiddle
Population17 wards, Bexley · 2021
Population: every ward in Bexley17 areas from 10,082 to 17,692. The middle area is 15,617. Blackfen & Lamorbey is 16,719.
16,7192nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Bexley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Bexley17 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 30.0%. Blackfen & Lamorbey is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Bexley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Bexley17 areas from 83.7% to 98.7%. The middle area is 95.5%. Blackfen & Lamorbey is 94.8%.
94.8%8th lowest
Claimant rate17 wards, Bexley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Bexley17 areas from 1.8% to 5.9%. The middle area is 3.0%. Blackfen & Lamorbey is 1.9%.
1.9%2nd lowest

Is Blackfen & Lamorbey safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Blackfen & Lamorbey at a rate of 43.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 78.1 per 1,000 people across Bexley.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 49 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Blackfen & Lamorbey.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (185), anti-social behaviour (158) and other crime (96).

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.

Figures for the whole of Bexley

These figures are published for the whole of Bexley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Bexley and not Blackfen & Lamorbey alone. See Bexley

Average house price
£413,343
Up 2.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,969
65th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.4×
Joint 71st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.3
Joint 102nd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Blackfen & Lamorbey in brief

Blackfen & Lamorbey had 16,719 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Blackfen & Lamorbey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Blackfen & Lamorbey, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Blackfen & Lamorbey, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.