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Temple Hill

Ward

North west Dartford. About 9,677 people in 1.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Temple Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,335
2,772nd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
87.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Temple Hill compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Temple HillMiddle
Population20 wards, Dartford · 2021
Population: every ward in Dartford20 areas from 2,683 to 9,335. The middle area is 6,030. Temple Hill is 9,335.
9,335most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Dartford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Dartford20 areas from 11.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Temple Hill is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Dartford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Dartford20 areas from 59.5% to 97.0%. The middle area is 86.7%. Temple Hill is 87.1%.
87.1%10th highest
Claimant rate20 wards, Dartford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Dartford20 areas from 1.3% to 5.2%. The middle area is 2.7%. Temple Hill is 5.2%.
5.2%joint highest

Is Temple Hill safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Temple Hill at a rate of 113.7 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, 105 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Temple Hill.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (408), other crime (181) and anti-social behaviour (180).

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 ward, so they describe all of Dartford and not Temple Hill alone. See Dartford

Average house price
£347,773
Down 2.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,091
62nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.9×
Joint 138th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.4
127th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Temple Hill in brief

Temple Hill had 9,335 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Temple Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Temple Hill, 87.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Temple Hill, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.