# DA16

Postcode district covering Welling, Falconwood and East Wickham, in Bexley.

DA16 is a postcode district covering Welling, Falconwood and East Wickham, in Bexley. Median sale price £465,750 in 2025. Recorded crime 61.2 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code DA16. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [DA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da)

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 DA16 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £465,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in DA16 was £465,750 in 2025. 371st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da16#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 37,556** (2021). DA16 had 37,556 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 539th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da16#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 18%** (2022). About 18% of people in DA16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da16#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.0%** (January 2026). In DA16, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da16#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=DA16) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 18% of people in DA16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=DA16) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 430 homes were sold in DA16 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=DA16) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for DA16.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=DA16) (Census 2021, England and Wales): DA16 had 37,556 usual residents at the census.

## How DA16 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | DA16 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £465,750 | 5th most expensive | 18 postcode districts, DA · 2025 |
| Population | 37,556 | 5th most populated | 18 postcode districts, DA · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 18% | joint 2nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 18 postcode districts, DA · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.0% | 2nd highest | 18 postcode districts, DA · Jan 2026 |

## Is DA16 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DA16 at a rate of 61.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.9 per 1,000 people across the DA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 228 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DA16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (620), anti-social behaviour (442) and shoplifting (387).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DA16 was 61.5 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 DA16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DA16 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in DA16

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bexley 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000450) | 1,801 | 64.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Bexley 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000451) | 1,750 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Bexley 009G](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000452) | 1,420 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| [Bexley 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000401) | 1,816 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
| [Bexley 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000453) | 1,477 | 127.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Bexley 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000454) | 1,631 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Bexley 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000455) | 1,792 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Bexley 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000456) | 1,422 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Bexley 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000388) | 1,513 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Bexley 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000392) | 1,957 | 219.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.2% |
| [Bexley 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000409) | 1,742 | 18.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Bexley 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000411) | 1,494 | 19.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Bexley 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000414) | 1,894 | 118.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.3% |
| [Bexley 016F](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000415) | 1,465 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Bexley 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000395) | 1,529 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Bexley 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000396) | 1,452 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Bexley 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000410) | 1,658 | 44.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| [Bexley 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000412) | 1,766 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| [Bexley 020G](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000393) | 1,695 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| [Bexley 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000391) | 1,748 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Bexley 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000398) | 1,593 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Bexley 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000399) | 1,571 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [Bexley 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01000400) | 1,573 | 50.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.1% |
| [Bexley 029D](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/neighbourhood/e01032566) | 1,886 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.1% |

## Your MP

- [Old Bexley and Sidcup](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/old-bexley-and-sidcup): Mr Louie French (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 85% of the people here.
- [Bexleyheath and Crayford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bexleyheath-and-crayford): Daniel Francis (Labour), MP since July 2024. 15% of the people here.
- [Erith and Thamesmead](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/erith-and-thamesmead): Ms Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in DA16

[Falconwood](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/falconwood), [St Michael's](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/st-michaels), [Welling](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/welling), [Wickham Street & East Wickham](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley/wickham-street-and-east-wickham)

## Postcode sectors in DA16

[DA16 1 (198 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da16-1), [DA16 2 (191 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da16-2), [DA16 3 (177 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da16-3)

## Council

[Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley)

## Towns in DA16

[Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley)

## Postcode districts next to DA16

[DA6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da6), [DA7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da7), [DA15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da15), [SE2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se2), [SE9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se9), [SE18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se18)

## Nearest rail stations

[Welling (100 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=0.1017,51.4648), [Falconwood (1.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=0.0793,51.4592), [Bexleyheath (2.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=0.1337,51.4635), [Plumstead (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=0.0843,51.4898)

## More in the DA postcode area

[All DA postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## DA16 in brief

DA16 is a postcode district covering Welling, Falconwood and East Wickham, in Bexley.
About 38,964 people lived in DA16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £465,750 in 2025 across 430 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DA16 was £465,750 in 2025.
DA16 had 37,556 usual residents at the census.
About 18% of people in DA16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DA16, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: DA16
- Postcode area: [DA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da)
- Constituency: [Old Bexley and Sidcup †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/old-bexley-and-sidcup)
- Council: [Bexley †](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley)
- Area: 6.07 km²
- People, mid-2024: 38,964*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 108

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[DA7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da7), [SE18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se18), [DA15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da15), [DA6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da6), [SE2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se2), [SE9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se9)

## Latest updates for DA16

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/DA16

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da16, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da16#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da16