# DA1 3DJ: area report for a postcode in Dartford

DA1 3DJ is a postcode in Dartford.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Dartford. Open the map at DA1 3DJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford) › [DA1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da1) › [DA1 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/da1-3)

## Around this postcode

- **26 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 4% on July. Dartford 007B: 53 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ
- **Crayford, 1.4 km**: About 17 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 460 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ
- **No property in DA1 3DJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Dartford 007B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ
- **£347,773 average price**: For the whole of Dartford, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 730 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 300 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at DA1 3DJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ
- **Low road and rail noise at DA1 3DJ**: Road 53 dB, rail 41 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ
- **12.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dartford Science & Technology College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dartford-science-and-technology-college-e118785) | Secondary | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 47.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Dartford Grammar School for Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dartford-grammar-school-for-girls-e144100) | Secondary | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 77.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [West Hill Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-hill-primary-academy-e144668) | Primary | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Dartford Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dartford-grammar-school-e136359) | Secondary | 600 m (7 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), December 2022 | Attainment 8 of 78.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Wentworth Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wentworth-primary-school-e137836) | Primary | 660 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-ladys-catholic-primary-school-dartford-e118768) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Westgate Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/westgate-primary-school-e142613) | Primary | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024 | 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-trinity-church-of-england-primary-school-dartford-e118859) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2023 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £355,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| January 2024 | £442,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| March 2026 | £550,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| March 2025 | £355,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| September 2023 | £432,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| December 2025 | £450,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| June 2026 | £645,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| January 2024 | £540,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: THE WELLCOME PRACTICE (730 m); REDWOOD PRACTICE (730 m)
- Pharmacies: M.D.MOORE PHARMACY (430 m); WEST HILL PHARMACY (860 m)
- Dental practices: DARTFORD ROAD DENTAL CENTRE (540 m); DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE (730 m); DENTAL SURGERY (860 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Winston (300 m, Morrisons); Co-op Chastilian Road (420 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco Dartford Esso Express (440 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £347,773** (July 2026). Dartford’s average house price was £347,773 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 2.0% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £44,091** (2025). Full-time workers living in Dartford earned a median of £44,091 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 62nd highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.9×** (2025). A home in Dartford costs 7.9 times local full-time pay. Joint 138th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 17.4** (2025). Dartford has a deprivation score of 17.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 127th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Dartford 007B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 8.1** (2025). Dartford 007B has a deprivation score of 8.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,364th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £460,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Dartford 007B was £460,000 in 2025. Joint 5,976th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,655** (2021). Dartford 007B had 1,655 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,459th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.7%** (January 2026). In Dartford 007B, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## DA1 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £370,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in DA1 was £370,000 in 2025. Joint 700th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 65,309** (2021). DA1 had 65,309 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 67th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 93%** (2022). About 93% of people in DA1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.2%** (January 2026). In DA1, 89.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford)
- Centre: 51.4434, 0.1973

Council: [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dartford): Jim Dickson (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.1973,51.4434,DA13DJ

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