Contents

  1. Foreword to the Bexley Community Safety Partnership Strategy
  2. What is the Community Safety Partnership?
  3. Achievements from the 2022 to 2025 strategy
  4. Key legislation
  5. Joint strategic assessment 2025
  6. What does the JSA tell us?
  7. Our community
  8. Community safety survey results 2024
  9. BCSP priorities 2025 to 2028
  10. Principals and cross-cutting themes
  11. Priority 1: serious violence
  12. Priority 2: domestic abuse
  13. Priority 3: anti-social behaviour
  14. Priority 4: community reassurance
  15. Working in partnership
  16. Delivery plan and measuring success
  17. Further information

7. Our community

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Bexley is a growing population, with 250,853 residents, expected to reach 257,000 by 2030

31% of Bexley residents are young people, but we also have the 4th highest rate of people aged 65+

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0.76% residents were registered as living with a mental health condition, which is the 2nd lowest in London

52% of residents are female. Females have higher education levels, and males a higher average income

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Of those who are economically active, 3.8% are unemployed

60% of residents are religious - Christian (50%), Muslim (4%) and Hindu (3%)

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2% of adults do not use the internet

35.6% of residents are from a Global Majority background. English, Romanian and Panjabi are the top languages

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Bexley is consistently in the top 6 safest London boroughs

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13.9% of all households were in need. 15.8% children were in relative low-income families

52% of residents are female. Females have higher education levels, and males a higher average income