Bean

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 24° / 15° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:22

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Dartford - St Clements 2, United Kingdom

24 reported · July 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Public order3
• Criminal damage & arson2

23 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Bean & Village Park · Kent

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

334 reported road collisions (2024)

76 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 28.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

231 food businesses within 2 miles

• 180 rated 4–5 ★ (147 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Greenhithe (2.7 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£351,594 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Dartford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,570 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,089
• 2 bed £1,415
• 3 bed £1,703

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (6.3 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

70 charging locations within ~8 km

• 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Bluewater Shopping Centre-Thames Walk Car Park (middle Level) (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Review of Local Government Reorganisation launched· 7 Sept 2026
• Ministers decide future shape of Kent and Medway’s councils· 16 Jul 2026
• Dartford dances in tribute to Len Goodman· 1 Jul 2026
• Toe-tapping tribute to Len Goodman to be unveiled in Dartford· 22 May 2026
• New Mayor elected for 2026-27· 7 May 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 145 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dartford

1,672 CQC-registered services

• Care homes501
• GP practices221
• Dentists362
• Homecare agencies415
• Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 25 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

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

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

132 applications decided

78.8% granted · 104 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jim Dickson

Labour

Dartford

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 10
• Con 28
• Ref 2
• Oth 2

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens88
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,645 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

18 jobs advertised · £34,630 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Jobs Near Me? Drive With Uber Instead, Online French Tutoring Job in Bean – Flexible Schedule, Online Yoga Tutor - Part Time

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Solar 34% · Wind 16% · Gas 7%

57 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.1 yrs women · 78.7 yrs 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

7 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in DA2

• Bracton Centre
• West Kent And Medway Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Swanscombe Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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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  Bean, Kent · 0.1 km

  Bean is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located 4.4 miles south east of Dartford and 5.4 miles south west of Gravesend. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1643.

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  Beacon Wood Country Park · 0.4 km

  Beacon Wood Country Park is a public woodland in Bean near Dartford, in Kent, England. It was previously an industrial claypit then re-claimed as woodland park open to the public, currently owned by Tarmac.

• Ebbsfleet Valley · 1.1 km

  Ebbsfleet Valley is a new town and redevelopment area in Kent, South East England, and part of the Thames Gateway, southwest of Gravesend. Development is coordinated by the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation. It is nam…

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  Darenth Wood · 1.4 km

  Darenth Wood is a 122.9-hectare (304-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Dartford in Kent.

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  Betsham · 1.6 km

  Betsham is a hamlet in the parish of Southfleet in Kent, England.

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  Bluewater Shopping Centre · 1.8 km

  Bluewater Shopping Centre is a large out-of-town shopping centre, located just outside Dartford, Kent, and accessible from the M25 motorway and A2. Opened on 16 March 1999 in a former chalk quarry after ten years of b…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)