Is Falconwood & Welling safe?

Falconwood & Welling scores 70 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — one of London's safer wards on this measure. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.

Is Falconwood & Welling a good place to live?

Falconwood & Welling scores 39 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are safety (70) and property prices & growth (69); its weakest is heritage (1). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.

How well connected is Falconwood & Welling?

Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Falconwood & Welling 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 34 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.

Is Falconwood & Welling expensive to buy in?

Relative to the rest of London, Falconwood & Welling is among London's more affordable areas to buy: its purchase-affordability score is 16/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).

What are the schools like near Falconwood & Welling?

Falconwood & Welling scores 53 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 4 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.

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Falconwood & Welling

Bexley, London

PocketsWelling (Danson Park · Park View Road · Hook Lane · Westwood Lane · Bellegrove Road · Northumberland Avenue)Falconwood (east · Lingfield Crescent)BlackfenDanson Park

Overall39Better than 17% of London

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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · sources

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Falconwood & Welling sits in the western half of Bexley, a largely inter-war suburban ward on the edge of the Shooters Hill ridge. The character is quiet family suburb with strong outdoor access. Danson Park — 34 hectares of grassland, lake and Grade I Palladian house at its centre — is the standout amenity, and the ward has twenty-one outstanding-rated schools within reach. Safety scores are well above the London median, housing is more affordable than most of inner south-east London, and food and retail venues along Welling High Street support daily life. Public-transport access is moderate, with Southeastern services from Falconwood and Welling rather than the Tube. There is no listed heritage in the ward itself, no conservation area, culture is thin, and the A2 and A205 carve up the northern and southern edges.

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Strongest70
Safety
Low recorded crime relative to the rest of London
Also strong69
Property prices & growth
Strong combination of affordability, price momentum and turnover
Watch out1
Heritage
Little listed-building or conservation-area presence

At a glance

Moderate public-transport access
4 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
Largest green space: Danson Park (34.5 hectares)
174 open venues (131 food and drink, 43 other)

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