Northfleet

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• Today: 12° / 8° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:25

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Dartford - St Clements 2, 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

157 reported · August 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences64
• Anti-social behaviour30
• Criminal damage & arson22
• Other theft13

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Northfleet & Springhead · 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)

431 food businesses within 2 miles

• 366 rated 4–5 ★ (301 top)
• 6 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

£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: 159.9p · Esso (2.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Esso (8.9 km)

13 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)

• More than £10m investment to deliver new Greenhithe Medical Centre· 4 Nov 2026
• 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

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
• 20 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

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)

5,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

148 jobs advertised · £37,771 avg

e.g. Retail Graduate Management Programme (Hiring Immediately), HGV 2 Driver, KS2 Teacher

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 45% · Wind 39% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 6%

182 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · 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

8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in DA11

• The Shrubbery Surgery
• Pelham Medical Practice
• Springhead Health

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gravesham:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent260 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases228 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects223 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND215 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence193 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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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