Dartford

10°CLight rain shower

• Today: 12° / 9° · 58% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:29

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US 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

410 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences114
• Anti-social behaviour110
• Shoplifting47
• Criminal damage & arson35

40 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Town · Kent

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

292 reported road collisions (2025)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 383 rated 4–5 ★ (298 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

£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 (6.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (6.4 km)

14 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)

• 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
• Dartford Museum to temporarily close for major refurbishment· 22 Sept 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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 46 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

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)

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens121
• Restaurants & cafés74

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,105 jobs advertised · £42,662 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver (Part Time 24 hours) - Erith, Delivery Driver - Erith, LGV (CE) Driver - Erith

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

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 11% · Biomass 7%

181 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

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

12 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in DA1

• Dr Cj Shimmins & Partners
• Horsman'S Place Surgery
• The Wellcome Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

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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…

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