United Kingdom · London · Local Authority
Bexley
Local Authority · London, England · population ~249k · 84 state-funded schools
Affordable rent, but at a cost to school quality. Bexley offers the lowest median monthly rent in London at £1,531, taking 39.7% of median gross pay, a more manageable proportion than many parts of the capital. However, this relative affordability comes with a significant trade-off: only 90.2% of pupils attend Good or Outstanding schools, the lowest in London. While crime is low at 61.1 per 1,000, and house prices are below the London median at £430,000, the poor performance of its schools suggests Bexley suits families prioritising lower housing costs over educational outcomes.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Bexley ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£46,233/yr
Very high
Better than 87% of UK LAs
House price
£430,000
Very expensive
Worse than 82% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,531/mo
Very expensive
Worse than 83% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,366/yr
Cheap
Better than 65% of UK LAs
Crime
61.1/1k
Low
Better than 68% of UK LAs
Deprivation
16.3
Mid
Better than 60% of UK LAs
Schools
92.7%
Mid
Around UK average
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
83 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
76 of 82 (92.7%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 1 school is on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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84 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 84 schools, sortable and filterable.
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