Dartford

19°COvercast

• Today: 26° / 18° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:18

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Bexley, United Kingdom

398 reported · July 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences124
• Anti-social behaviour79
• Shoplifting58
• Other theft30

40 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Town · Kent

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

404 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 483 casualties · 16.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 381 rated 4–5 ★ (293 top)
• 24 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Dartford (0.4 km)
• 60 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£405,477 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across Bexley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,534 average monthly rent▲ 1.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,226
• 2 bed £1,523
• 3 bed £1,862

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

12.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.2 times median annual pay (12.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (6.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (9.6 km)

34 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

104 charging locations within ~8 km

• 32 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Westgate Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches43
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

246,472 residents in Bexley · 4,071/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 190 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,366 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 101,740)

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

92 schools · 43,011 pupils

60 primary · 15 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 30 of 36 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

84inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bexley

202 CQC-registered services

• Care homes31
• GP practices27
• Dentists53
• Homecare agencies70
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bexley

• Not in the Green Belt
• 46 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

291 applications decided

86.9% granted · 253 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jim Dickson

Labour

Dartford

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 28
• Ref 7
• Oth 1

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

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens70
• Restaurants & cafés74

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,595 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,566 jobs advertised · £42,211 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Technician, Superflex Roadside Mechanic, Roadside Rescue Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£889 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,538 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 108,827 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Nuclear 16% · Imports 10% · Wind 9%

241 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.1 women · 61.9 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dartford:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test441 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s423 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership344 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office311 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth255 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Dartford Priory · 0.1 km

  Dartford Priory was a Dominican Nunnery, located in Dartford, Kent. When Henry VIII suppressed the monasteries, he took Dartford Priory for himself, establishing it as a Royal Palace. Between 1541 and 1544 the former…

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  West Hill Hospital · 0.2 km

  West Hill Hospital was a health facility in West Hill, Dartford, Kent, England. It was managed by Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.

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  Orchard Theatre, Dartford · 0.3 km

  The Orchard Theatre is a 1025-seat receiving theatre in the centre of Dartford, Kent. It was built by Dartford Borough Council and opened by The Duke of Kent on Thursday 14 April 1983. The theatre hosts a range of pop…

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  Dartford · 0.3 km

  Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located 18 mi (29 km) south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, ac…

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  Dartford Civic Centre · 0.3 km

  Dartford Civic Centre is a municipal building in Home Gardens in Dartford, a town in Kent, in England. The building accommodates the offices and meeting place of Dartford Borough Council.

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  Dartford railway station · 0.4 km

  Dartford railway station serves the town of Dartford in Kent, England. It is 17 miles 12 chains (27.6 km) down the line from London Charing Cross and is in London fare zone 8. Train services from the station are opera…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)