Heath
Middle areaWest Dartford. 7,694 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 50% of people in Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Heath
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Heath at a rate of 49.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 105.9 per 1,000 people across Dartford.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 98 |
| Shoplifting | 81 |
| Other crime | 62 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 52 |
| Vehicle crime | 33 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 24 |
| Drug offences | 16 |
| Burglary | 7 |
| Robbery | 7 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Heath compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Heath safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Heath at a rate of 49.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 105.9 per 1,000 people across Dartford.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 37 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Heath.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (98), shoplifting (81) and other crime (62).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Dartford
These figures are published for the whole of Dartford, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Dartford and not Heath alone. See Dartford
Heath in brief
The median price paid for a home in Heath was £475,000 in 2025.
Heath had 7,727 usual residents at the census.
About 50% of people in Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Heath, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.