Southfleet

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• 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

6US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

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

12 reported · July 2026

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Burglary1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet · 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)

179 food businesses within 2 miles

• 155 rated 4–5 ★ (136 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Longfield (2.6 km)
• 11 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 · Esso (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (6.2 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

46 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Sainsbury's (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds2

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

• In a conservation area (Southfleet Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 41 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
• Parks & greens61
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,645 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

21 jobs advertised · £31,821 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

56% low-carbon electricity

Wind 36% · Imports 33% · Solar 12% · Gas 11%

63 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

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

• Southfleet · 0.0 km

  Southfleet is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Dartford in Kent, England. The village is located three miles southwest of Gravesend, while the parish includes within its boundaries the hamlets of Bet…

• Southfleet railway station · 0.8 km

  Southfleet was a railway station on the Gravesend West Line which served the small village of Southfleet in Kent, England.

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  Betsham · 1.0 km

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

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  Northfleet Green · 1.2 km

  Northfleet Green is a hamlet in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. It is located around two miles southwest of Gravesend and just east of Southfleet in the neighbouring borough of Dartford. The High Speed 1 ra…

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  Springhead, Kent · 1.7 km

  Springhead lies at the source of the River Ebbsfleet, just southwest of the Gravesend suburban conurbations. Springhead forms one of the major quarters of the Ebbsfleet Valley development, with housing and the associa…

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  Westwood, Southfleet · 1.8 km

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

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)