Darenth

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• Today: 22° / 16° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:15

12h 43m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

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

76 reported · July 2026▲ 46% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour24
• Shoplifting19
• Violence & sexual offences15
• Criminal damage & arson4

8 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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

• 175 rated 4–5 ★ (145 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Farningham Road (2.6 km)
• 16 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 (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (8.3 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

70 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Dartford Supercharger (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds3

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
• 15 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)

• Schools4
• Parks & greens31
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,645 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

24 jobs advertised · £30,869 avg

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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

36% low-carbon electricity

Imports 45% · Wind 23% · Gas 19% · Solar 5%

130 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

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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  Darenth · 0.1 km

  Darenth is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles south east of Dartford and 4.6 miles north east of Swanley.

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  Darenth Wood · 0.9 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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  Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Darenth · 1.0 km

  The Church of St Margaret of Antioch at Darenth, Kent, is a church with Norman origins thought to be the third oldest in Kent and the sixth oldest in the United Kingdom. It is a Grade I listed building.

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  Dartford (constituency) · 1.2 km

  Dartford is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Jim Dickson of the Labour Party since 2024.

• Darenth Country Park · 1.2 km

  Darenth Country Park is in Darenth near Dartford, in Kent, England. On the site of a former demolished hospital site Darenth Park Hospital, also the site of a scheduled ancient monument and the site of ancient Saxon b…

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  Darenth Park Hospital · 1.6 km

  Darenth Park Hospital was a healthcare facility in Darenth near Dartford in Kent, originally founded as Darenth School.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)