Crap Towns / Bexley / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Bexley?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Bexley couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 222 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 222 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 779 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 99,247 | 93.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Stone | 8.8 km | 9.4 |
| Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock | 10.1 km | 1.7 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 9.3 km | 0.9 |
| Dartford | 6.7 km | 0.8 |
| Aveley | 8.8 km | 0.8 |
| Bexley | – | 0.7 |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 8.0 km | 0.7 |
| Newham | 10.3 km | 0.7 |
| Greenwich | 6.2 km | 0.5 |
| Swanley | 7.2 km | 0.1 |
| Swanscombe | 11.2 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |