Dartford

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• Today: 11° / 9° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:25

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Bexley, United Kingdom

• 8.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

292 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 398 casualties · 25 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

493 food businesses within 2 miles

• 374 rated 4–5 ★ (298 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stone Crossing (2.6 km)
• 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£342,167 average▼ 4.9% YoY

Across Dartford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,575 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £1,092
• 2 bed £1,419
• 3 bed £1,709

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.1 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,473 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (7.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (7.5 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

87 charging locations within ~8 km

• 28 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Miller and Carter Dartford (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• More than £10m investment to deliver new Greenhithe Medical Centre· 4 Nov 2026
• Dartford commemorates Remembrance Sunday· 2 Nov 2026
• Upcoming road closures· 2 Nov 2026
• Delivering a greener future for Fairfield Leisure· 28 Oct 2026
• Dartford Business Awards return for 2026· 8 Oct 2026

Source: Dartford Council

116,753 residents in Dartford · 1,605/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,315
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,695
• Net moves+620

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 163 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,375 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 50,530)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

43 schools · 24,771 pupils

29 primary · 11 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

42 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dartford

1,676 CQC-registered services

• Care homes503
• GP practices222
• Dentists360
• Homecare agencies415
• Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 20 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

• Within the Green Belt
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

155 applications decided

74.2% granted · 115 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative majority

• Lab 10
• Con 28
• Ref 2
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens112
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,147 jobs advertised · £41,596 avg

e.g. Market Research Interviewer – Car Required – Full Time, Field Interviewer - Car Required – Full Time, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£832 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,680 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

57% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,048 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 83.1 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Kent): 63.9 women · 62.5 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dartford:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND268 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth256 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases164 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence157 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death144 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05