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Rochester Close

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22 recorded sales · median £200,000 · Bexley

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Bexley Council · Conservative-controlled 29/45 seats · 64% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

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

rail stations

grammar schools

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

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

£44,000 in 1996 → £450,000 in 2022

⌄ 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

2022 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 22 sales£200,000

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%

Owned outright

33%

With a mortgage

36%

Private rented

15%

Social rented

15%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,366

Your band:

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 Rochester Close 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
North End	£350,000	+17.3%	146
Lessness Heath	£368,000	+17.2%	179
Bexleyheath	£421,500	+17.1%	427
The Hollies	£500,000	+15.7%	169
Northumberland Heath	£375,000	+15.4%	246
Welling	£455,000	+15%	298
Blackfen	£436,250	+14.1%	282
Barnehurst	£465,000	+14%	170
Barnes Cray	£382,500	+13.8%	99
Upper Belvedere	£475,000	+12.9%	210
Thamesmead	£354,000	+12.2%	148
Blendon	£457,000	+11.8%	257
West Heath	£460,000	+11%	274
Longlands	£526,000	+8.3%	119
Sidcup	£320,000	+7.4%	252
Foots Cray Estate	£340,000	+7.1%	59
Lower Belvedere	£300,000	+5.2%	152
Bexley	£455,000	+3%	115
Slade Green	£360,000	-0.4%	99
Lamorbey	£322,000	-2.6%	128

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 Rochester Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
9 Rochester Close Kent	Semi-detached	—	—	£235,000	Apr 2026
13 Rochester Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£465,000	Mar 2025
6a Rochester Close	Detached	—	—	£450,000	Sep 2022
8 ROCHESTER CLOSE SIDCUP	Detached	—	—	£450,000	Feb 2022
2, Rochester Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£450,000	Mar 2021
4, Rochester Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£475,000	Oct 2020
14 Rochester Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£500,000	Mar 2020
13 Rochester Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£382,000	Nov 2017
9 Rochester Close Kent	Semi-detached	—	—	£255,000	Nov 2016
13 Rochester Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£310,000	Nov 2014
9 Rochester Close Kent	Semi-detached	—	—	£189,995	Jul 2014
6 ROCHESTER CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£185,000	Oct 2009
2, Rochester Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£200,000	Jan 2007
9 Rochester Close Kent	Flat	—	—	£148,995	Apr 2005
10 Rochester Close	Flat	—	—	£132,000	Apr 2004
13 Rochester Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£200,000	Sep 2003
14 Rochester Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£220,000	May 2003
10 Rochester Close	Flat	—	—	£74,000	Aug 2000
4, Rochester Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£97,500	May 1998
5 ROCHESTER CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£84,000	Sep 1997
9A ROCHESTER CLOSE	Flat	—	—	£33,000	Apr 1996
5 ROCHESTER CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£55,000	Jan 1996

Show all sales ↓

22 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

Violence & sexual offences

605

Anti-social behaviour

451

Shoplifting

173

Vehicle crime

134

Public order

126

Other theft

103

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%

See the full Bexley report →

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

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
Blackfen School for Girls	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.2 km
Enchanted Wood Preschool Ltd- Little Nest	Nursery	—	0.3 km
Sherwood Park Primary School	Primary	—	0.4 km
Bexley Grammar School	Secondary	Outstanding ('22)	0.7 km
Danson Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
St John's Church Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Days Lane Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Chatsworth Infant School	Primary	Good ('19)	1.1 km
Blendon Preschool	Nursery	Good ('20)	1.1 km
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.2 km
Bexley Day Nursery Limited	Nursery	—	1.2 km
Medua Bilingual Nursery	Nursery	Requires improvement ('25)	1.2 km
Stagecoach Sidcup	Nursery	—	1.3 km
Enchanted Wood Preschool Ltd- Bean Road	Nursery	—	1.3 km
Bexley Manor Nursery School	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.3 km
Hurstmere School	Secondary	Requires improvement ('22)	1.3 km
Hook Lane Primary School	Primary	—	1.3 km
Bubbles Nursery Bexley	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.3 km
Falconwood Preschool	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.3 km
Rainbow Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.3 km
Little Wings Big Dreams Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.4 km
Wonder Zone Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.5 km
Super Kiddies Day Care.	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.5 km
First Step Daycare & Nursery Ltd	Nursery	—	1.5 km
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	1.6 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

12 of 12 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Blackfen Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Brownes Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Ingleton Avenue Surgery	GP	Good ('24)	0.5 km
Days Lane Dental	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Olins Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Dental Elegance	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Sky Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Welling Medical Practice	GP	—	1.1 km
Hook Lane Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Welling Dental Studio	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Falconwood Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Medidenta Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Mistvale Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Welling Corner Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Welling Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Neem Tree Welling Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Chase Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Seven Day Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
The Westwood Surgery	GP	—	1.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Bexley Group Practice	GP	Good ('24)	1.7 km
B R Lewis Chemists	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Bexleyheath Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Bellegrove Surgery	GP	—	1.8 km
Bexleyheath Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Crook Log Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Sidcup Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Woodlands Surgery	GP	Good ('20)	1.9 km
Targett Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Birkbeck Dentistry	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Bellegrove Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Sunnydent Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Avery Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Osbon Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Smile Welling Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Roadnight Chemists	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Station Road Surgery	GP	Good ('21)	2.2 km
Hayshine Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Bexleyheath Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Broadway Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Dental Beauty Bexleyheath	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Barnard Medical Group	GP	—	2.5 km
Barnard Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Plas Meddyg Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	2.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Dentix Bexleyheath	Dentist	—	2.6 km
The Albion Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	2.7 km
Maxted Meaden Dental	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Aspire Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Chapel Road Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Southcott Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Osbon Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Warren Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Thanet Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Pura Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Sidcup Medical Centre	GP	—	3.0 km
Bexley Medical Group	GP	—	3.0 km
New Eltham And Blackfen Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	3.0 km
Dr Davies & Partner	GP	—	3.2 km
Bursted Wood Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	3.4 km
Lyndhurst Road Medical Centre	GP	Good ('21)	3.6 km
Eltham Medical Practice	GP	—	3.8 km
Eltham Palace Surgery	GP	—	3.8 km
Waverley Pms	GP	—	4.0 km
Elmstead Medical Clinic	GP	—	4.0 km
Plumstead H/C Pms	GP	—	4.1 km
Abbeyslade Pms (Dr Chand)	GP	Good ('19)	4.1 km
Everest Health Partnership	GP	—	4.2 km
St Marks Pms	GP	Good ('16)	4.2 km
Plumstead And Wickham Lane Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	4.3 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	1.0 mi	London Bridge	25 min
Sidcup Rail Station	1.2 mi	London Bridge	20 min
Albany Park Rail Station	1.3 mi	London Bridge	23 min
Bexleyheath Rail Station	1.4 mi	London Bridge	28 min
Falconwood Rail Station	1.4 mi	London Bridge	22 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

Drive

39%

Work from home

35%

Public transport

19%

Walk or cycle

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

NO₂

14.1

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.8

— WHO guide

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

Gigabit

88.3%

Superfast

97.3%

Ultrafast

88.4%

% 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

See the full Bexley report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district