Rowan Crescent Dartford

55 addresses across 2 postcodes (DA1), about 240 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 10500581.

  • Sales: 29 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £410,000 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Dartford cost £342,167 in August 2026 (-4.9% on a year); private rents averaged £1,580 a month.
  • Energy: 34 homes have an energy certificate (C: 19, D: 14, F: 1).
  • Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
  • Landfill: 2 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Blackmans Close, is 170 m away.
  • Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
  • Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Darenth Road - Battery Energy Storage System, is 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Dartford costs £2,375 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Dartford, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Dartford Heath, is about 310 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 13.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 25 to 28 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 2 of its 55 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Lowfield Medical Centre, about 770 m (0.5 miles) away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 53% of households owned their home and 21% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 114 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025; 1 involved a pedestrian.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20261£410,000£410,000£410,000
20251£415,000£415,000£415,000
20241£350,000£350,000£350,000
20211£315,000£315,000£315,000
20202£320,000£292,000£348,000
20191£287,500£287,500£287,500
20182£325,500£305,000£346,000
20141£212,000£212,000£212,000
20121£177,000£177,000£177,000
20101£125,000£125,000£125,000
20091£205,000£205,000£205,000
20082£172,500£160,000£185,000
All 29 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
12 Feb 20103 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£125,000
10 Apr 200312 DA1 2QXTerraced£125,000
29 Nov 199612 DA1 2QXTerraced£38,000
11 Dec 201916 DA1 2QXTerraced£287,500
9 May 200816 DA1 2QXTerraced£160,000
7 Sep 200517 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£152,000
4 Apr 199717 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£52,500
10 Dec 202120 DA1 2QXTerraced£315,000
11 May 201221 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£177,000
12 Jan 200622 DA1 2QXTerraced£155,000
20 Nov 200122 DA1 2QXTerraced£89,000
21 Sep 200623 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£187,500
19 Mar 200423 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£165,000
6 Feb 202027 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£348,000
1 Jun 200528 DA1 2QXTerraced£152,500
10 Jun 202629 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£410,000
30 Jan 202030 DA1 2QXTerraced£292,000
22 Jul 200931 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£205,000
29 Aug 201436 DA1 2QXTerraced£212,000
7 Apr 202138 DA1 2QXTerraced£270,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
21 Aug 202539 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£415,000
9 Jan 199839 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£58,000
27 Nov 201841 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£346,000
19 Jan 200141 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£110,500
19 Dec 201845 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£305,000
6 Oct 200648 DA1 2QXTerraced£159,000
12 Jun 199851 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£80,850
6 Dec 202455 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£350,000
8 Apr 200855 DA1 2QXSemi-detached£185,000

House prices and rents in Dartford

A typical home in Dartford cost £342,167 in August 2026, 4.9% less than a year before. That is 7% more than five years earlier and 17% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£686,978
Semi-detached£419,890
Terraced£337,535
Flat or maisonette£203,885
Bought by a first-time buyer£297,477

Private renters in Dartford paid £1,580 a month on average in September 2026, 3.2% more than a year before. That is 36% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£1,095
Two bedrooms£1,424
Three bedrooms£1,716
Four or more bedrooms£2,377

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from March 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

34 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 68 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (23); House, mid-terrace (6); House, end-terrace (5). Built: 1950-1966 (18); 1930-1949 (14); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (14); owner-occupied (14); rented (private) (3).

Each home's certificates and sales (34 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 10,955 kWh of it on average in 2024, 6% more than the district's 10,325 kWh, and 3,488 kWh of electricity, 13% more than the district's 3,099 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
DA1 2QX482,467 kWh 529,985 kWh
DA1 2RA393,640 kWh 399,769 kWh

These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is DA1.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

Council tax

What each band costs in Dartford in 2026-27: Band D £2,375 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,583£1,847£2,111£2,375£2,903£3,431£3,959£4,750

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (84% of about 630 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): HMO Article 4(1) Direction North Order 2025.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

3 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Darenth Road - Battery Energy Storage System Dartford 25/00368/FUL Battery storage 99.9 MW Permission granted, not yet built Oct 2025 1.8 km (1.1 miles)
Longreach STW - extension Dartford DA/12/1170 Sewage Sludge Digestion 1.1 MW Operational Jul 2014 3.7 km (2.3 miles)
St Margaret's Farm - Green Waste Composting Facility Dartford KCC/DA/0253/2019 Biomass Being built 4.7 km (2.9 miles)

Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 8 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
DA1 2QXnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
DA1 2RAnot in 2 or 3 1 / 0 / 7 unlikely

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.

Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.

Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

2 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 170 m away.

SiteWaste went inWasteDistance
Blackmans Close Dartford, Kent until 1969 Inert, commercial 170 m
Heath Lane Dartford, Kent until 1969 Inert, commercial, household; gas control on site 370 m

Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 55 addresses are between 25 m and 28 m above sea level (27 m on average).

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
DA1 2QX100%100%100%0%
DA1 2RA100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsDartford 4.8 million journeys in 2024–251.4 km (0.9 miles)
Crayford 1.1 million journeys in 2024–252.3 km (1.4 miles)
Slade Green 1.1 million journeys in 2024–253.6 km (2.2 miles)
Bus stops8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 29 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Elm Road Dartford100 m
Bus or coach stationStone Crossing - Horns Cross4 km (2.5 miles)
Ferry terminalBarking Riverside Pier Creekmouth10.8 km (6.7 miles)
Car parksApcoa1 km (0.6 miles)
EV charging points6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station810 m (0.5 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon City Airport LCY13 km (8.1 miles)
Nearest large airportLondon Gatwick Airport LGW42.2 km (26 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lowfield Medical Centre Good Jul 2016770 m (0.5 miles)
Pharmacies5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lowfield Pharmacy770 m (0.5 miles)
NHS dentists10 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Highfield Dental Centre720 m (0.4 miles)
HospitalPhysio Livingstone Community Hospital1.5 km (0.9 miles)
Care homes6 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Sonya Lodge Dementia Residential Care Home Good Feb 2020940 m (0.6 miles)
Police stationMetropolitan Police4.6 km (2.9 miles)
Cash machines2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rontec - Winston Cashzone680 m (0.4 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Dartford Heath 171 ha310 m
Play area8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 490 m²240 m
Playing field4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,030 m²280 m
Allotments3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 830 m²290 m

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 177 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Michael, a listed building (Grade I), 840 m (0.5 miles) south-east. 22 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Church of St MichaelListed building, Grade I840 m (0.5 miles) south-east
Dovecote at Hawley ManorScheduled monument1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Brickhill WoodWood700 m (0.4 miles) south-west
Brooklands LakeLake or reservoir950 m (0.6 miles) east
Dartford Fresh MarshesWetland2.2 km (1.4 miles) north
The DellHollow2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west
Crayford CreekTidal water2.5 km (1.5 miles) north
Great MountHill2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-west

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)13.54010
Fine particles (PM2.5)8.1205
Particles (PM10)13.04015

All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.

Road and rail noise

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5920
Under 555355

2 of the street's 55 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.

Climate, daylight and earthquakes

Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Dartford: see them on the Dartford page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 5 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
Oakfield Primary AcademyPrimary2–11500 m (0.3 miles) Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 16% at the higher standard (2025; 74% in 2024 and 68% in 2023)
Dartford Science & Technology CollegeSecondary11–18570 m (0.4 miles) Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 47.1 (49.1 in 2025 and 42.1 in 2024); 53.3% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade D+; 0% AAB or better; progress below average
North Kent College16 plus16–99660 m (0.4 miles) No published inspection None published
Westgate Primary SchoolPrimary4–11710 m (0.4 miles) No published inspection 90% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 87% in 2024 and 87% in 2023)
Dartford Grammar School for GirlsSecondary11–18720 m (0.4 miles) Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Exceptional; Attendance and behaviour: Exceptional; Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Post-16 provision: Exceptional; Safeguarding standards: Met GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 77.3 (75.5 in 2025 and 75.3 in 2024); 97.8% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B; 19.9% AAB or better; progress below average
Dartford Grammar SchoolSecondary11–18880 m (0.5 miles) Outstanding (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 78.9 (79.9 in 2025 and 78.4 in 2024); 99.5% grade 5+ in English and maths
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford Roman CatholicPrimary4–111.1 km (0.7 miles) No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good 85% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 24% at the higher standard (2025; 88% in 2024 and 80% in 2023)
West Hill Primary AcademyPrimary5–111.1 km (0.7 miles) Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 12% at the higher standard (2025; 64% in 2024 and 68% in 2023)
Wilmington Grammar School for GirlsSecondary11–181.2 km (0.7 miles) Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 65.3 (66.7 in 2025 and 70.2 in 2024); 90.8% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C+; 12.4% AAB or better; progress below average
Wilmington Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.2 km (0.8 miles) No published inspection 80% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 20% at the higher standard (2025; 70% in 2024 and 66% in 2023)
Wilmington Grammar School for BoysSecondary11–181.3 km (0.8 miles) No published inspection GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 67.6 (64.6 in 2025 and 66.5 in 2024); 95.4% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C+; 11.1% AAB or better; progress below average
Leigh Academy WilmingtonSecondary11–191.4 km (0.9 miles) Outstanding (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 45.1 (45.4 in 2025 and 45.8 in 2024); 39.8% grade 5+ in English and maths

Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.

Nurseries and childcare

The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1.1 km (0.7 miles); the nearest is 630 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Bright Beginnings DA1 2JT Full day care 66 Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 630 m (0.4 miles)
Rainbow Day Nursery DA1 2LP Full day care 124 Good (Nov 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 710 m (0.4 miles)
Highfield Road Pre-school DA1 2JY Sessional day care 34 Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 880 m (0.5 miles)
Bright Horizons Springfield Lodge Dartford Day Nursery and Preschool DA1 1NT Full day care 144 Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 900 m (0.6 miles)
Dartford Kumon Centre DA1 3DH Out-of-school day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 910 m (0.6 miles)
Christchurch Pre-School (Dartford) Ltd DA1 3DH Sessional day care 40 Good (Mar 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) 910 m (0.6 miles)
St. Michaels Pre School DA2 7EG Sessional day care 30 Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 940 m (0.6 miles)
The Chapel Nursery DA1 2GA Full day care 74 Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 1 km (0.6 miles)
West Hill Life Limited DA1 2HX Out-of-school day care 35 Not inspected yet 1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Star Kids Children's Nursery DA1 1BE Full day care 32 Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.1 km (0.7 miles)

Ofsted also registers 757 childminders and 217 home childcarers (nannies) in Kent. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 5 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Odori & Sapori By Romeo DA1 2QYMobile caterer210 m5 Very good26 Aug 2025
Halfords DA1 2QJRetailers - other250 mExempt
Healthy Living Centre Cafe DA1 2RSRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen300 m4 Good25 Feb 2026
Caffe Pausa @ Dunelm DA1 2DSRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen390 m5 Very good8 Jan 2026
Independent Catering @ Dartford Science Technology College DA1 2LYSchool/college/university470 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good2 Jun 2026
Fleetdown United Football Club Tuck Shop DA1 2QHOther catering premises480 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good3 Oct 2023
Rolls & Bews DA1 2QHHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises480 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good29 Sep 2025
Fleetdown Bar And Catering Ltd DA1 2QHPub/bar/nightclub480 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good29 Sep 2025
Dartford Food And Wine DA1 2RHRetailers - other500 m (0.3 miles)4 Good18 Nov 2024
Finest Fish And Chips DA1 2RHTakeaway/sandwich shop500 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good1 Apr 2025
Mead News DA1 2RHRetailers - other500 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good22 Jul 2025

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

114 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences50
Anti-social behaviour17
Other theft10
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage and arson9
Other crime6
Drugs5
Possession of weapons3
Public order3
Burglary1
Robbery1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Laburnum Avenue (28); On or near Willow Road (16); On or near Linden Avenue (15); On or near Laurel Close (14); On or near Sycamore Road (11).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. 1 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a child under 16. 33% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 40 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202100
202200
202310
202410
202510
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
16 Jul 2025 08:15 Slight 1 person B2174, 40 mph Daylight
3 Feb 2024 15:10 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian, 1 child B2174, 40 mph Daylight
15 Dec 2023 18:55 Slight 1 person B2174, 40 mph Dark, street lights on

Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.

Traffic on nearby roads

No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 351 residents in 120 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age3840
Children under 1522%17%
Aged 65 and over12%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)53%61%
Owned outright20%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented38%17%
Private rented9%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work60%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)5%6%
Retired (of adults)11%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)9%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)25%32%
Travel to work by car or van49%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram9%4%
By any public transport, including bus15%8%
On foot or by bicycle7%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)59%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away4%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)21%34%
No qualifications24%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification6%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)92%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Willow Road · Laburnum Avenue · Elm Close · Laurel Close · Sycamore Road · Linden Avenue · Hazel Road · Hazel Road · Olive Road · Heath Lane · Holly Road · Maple Road

All the streets in DA1 and across Dartford.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
  • How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
  • Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
  • How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.