Northfleet

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 18° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:20

12h 51m 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

141 reported · July 2026▼ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences50
• Anti-social behaviour32
• Criminal damage & arson15
• Drugs13

8 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Northfleet & Springhead · 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)

431 food businesses within 2 miles

• 368 rated 4–5 ★ (301 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Northfleet (0.1 km)
• 20 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: 159.9p · Esso (2.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (3 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

62 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Pod Point Eastgate (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches16
• Playgrounds14

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
• 20 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

Dr Lauren Sullivan

Labour

Gravesham

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 10
• Con 28
• Ref 2
• Oth 2

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens655
• Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,645 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

211 jobs advertised · £40,680 avg

e.g. Senior Systems Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer/Team Lead, Hardware Team Leader

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

11% low-carbon electricity

Imports 78% · Gas 11% · Wind 10% · Hydro 0%

121 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 Gravesham:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s370 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test328 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office318 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Northfleet railway station · 0.1 km

  Northfleet railway station serves the town of Northfleet in the Borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. It is 21 miles 69 chains (35.2 km) down the line from London Charing Cross. Train services are operated by Southea…

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  Ebbsfleet United F.C. · 0.4 km

  Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. The club compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system.

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  Stonebridge Road · 0.4 km

  Stonebridge Road is a multi-purpose stadium in Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, England, also known as Morrow Stadium for sponsorship reasons. It is primarily used for football matches. Stonebridge Road was constructed in…

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  Ebbsfleet International railway station · 0.5 km

  Ebbsfleet International railway station is in Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent, 10 miles east of London, England, near Dartford and the Bluewater Shopping Centre to the west and Gravesend to the east. The station, part of the T…

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  Ebbsfleet River · 0.5 km

  Ebbsfleet River in Kent, south-east England, is a tributary of the Thames Estuary. It joins the Thames at Northfleet, opposite the container port of Tilbury Docks. Today, the river gives its name to the Ebbsfleet Gard…

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  Baker's Hole · 0.6 km

  Baker's Hole is a 6.9 hectares geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, mostly consisting of a back-filled quarry, adjacent to Ebbsfleet International railway station in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Re…

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