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144 recorded sales · median £200,000 · Bexley
Bexley Council · Conservative-controlled 29/45 seats · 64% · OCD 2026
69/100
Good
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£200k
median price
7.4
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£200k
median sold price
12.2 yrs
of local pay to buy
16 min
London — fastest
13
rail stations
4
grammar schools
92
schools total
7.4
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
605
Violence — most
14.1
NO₂ · WHO 10
11.7%
in a flood zone
744
green spaces
7.8
PM2.5 · WHO 5
369
eat & drink
115
shops
88.3%
gigabit
27
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£212,500 in 2012 → £457,500 in 2025
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Bexley, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-07-21
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)
Crime2026-06
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £200,000. That's about 12.2× local earnings — higher than the 12× five-year average.
Sold price history
2025 · 2 sales
Median sold price · median of all 144 sales£200,000
Full history since 1996
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay12.2× · five-year average 12×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Home ownership69%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,366
London Borough of Bexley£1,856
Greater London Authority£511
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,578
Band B£1,841
Band C£2,103
Band D (baseline)£2,366
Band E£2,892
Band F£3,418
Band G£3,944
Band H£4,733
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Bexley how Merlin Road compares · from Bexley
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: East Wickham +28.8%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Wickham | £470,000 | +28.8% | 223 |
| Crayford | £340,000 | +25% | 154 |
| Erith | £276,000 | +23.9% | 126 |
| Albany Park | £530,000 | +19.1% | 200 |
| Falconwood | £490,000 | +18% | 136 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Merlin Road — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129, Merlin Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £495,100 | Mar 2026 |
| 72 Merlin Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £476,000 | Dec 2025 |
| 52, Merlin Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £500,000 | Sep 2025 |
| 53 Merlin Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £415,000 | Jun 2025 |
| 86, Merlin Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £571,000 | Sep 2024 |
| 107, Merlin Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £485,000 | Aug 2024 |
| 75 Merlin Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £370,000 | Aug 2024 |
| 95 Merlin Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £655,000 | Oct 2023 |
| 112, Merlin Road | Terraced | — | — | £393,000 | Sep 2022 |
| 127 Merlin Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £425,000 | Dec 2021 |
24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Bexley
Crime runs at 7.4 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month7.4
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Bexley
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Bexley district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Bexley
Population246,472
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 7/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 7 in 2019 — little changed since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
6.3/10
Employment
6.5/10
Education & skills
6.0/10
Health & disability
6.7/10
Crime
6.2/10
Housing & services
7.5/10
Living environment
4.9/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Bexley — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+60%
Unemployment · economically active residents5.9%
Degree-level (Level 4+)32%
Good or very good health84%
Own their home69%
Median age39.5
Born outside the UK21%
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
75% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
3 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 nearest inspected schools
of the 4 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley Grammar School | Secondary | Outstanding ('22) | 0.2 km |
| Danson Primary School | Primary | — | 0.2 km |
| St John's Church Playgroup | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.5 km |
| Enchanted Wood Preschool Ltd- Little Nest | Nursery | — | 0.6 km |
| Hook Lane Primary School | Primary | — | 0.7 km |
| Little Wings Big Dreams Nursery | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.8 km |
| Bexley Day Nursery Limited | Nursery | — | 0.8 km |
| Blackfen School for Girls | Secondary | Inspected '25 — see report | 0.8 km |
| Medua Bilingual Nursery | Nursery | Requires improvement ('25) | 0.9 km |
| Wonder Zone Nursery | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.9 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
25
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
13 of 13 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingleton Avenue Surgery | GP | Good ('24) | 0.3 km |
| Welling Medical Practice | GP | — | 0.6 km |
| Day Lewis Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.6 km |
| Hook Lane Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.6 km |
| Brownes Chemist | Pharmacy | — | 0.7 km |
| Blackfen Dental Care | Dentist | — | 0.7 km |
| Mistvale Chemist | Pharmacy | — | 0.7 km |
| Medidenta Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 0.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Bexley
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 20 min from Sidcup Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welling Rail Station | 0.7 mi | London Bridge | 25 min |
| Falconwood Rail Station | 1.2 mi | London Bridge | 22 min |
| Bexleyheath Rail Station | 1.3 mi | London Bridge | 28 min |
| Sidcup Rail Station | 1.5 mi | London Bridge | 20 min |
| Albany Park Rail Station | 1.6 mi | London Bridge | 23 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Sidcup Rail Station (20 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging24 points
Per 10,000 residents1.0
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Bexley
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1002.8%
Flood zone11.7% of postcodes
Radonup to 1–3% of homes
Historic landfill150 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings116
Conservation areas31
Green belt18.5%
Green spaces744
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Bexley
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 369 | 88% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 115 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 27 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 744 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Bexley
Figures for the wider Bexley — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate5.9%
In work (employment rate)60.2%
Companies registered here20,937
New incorporations (12m)2,858
Property companies (SPVs)2,783
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district