Is DA1 1PZ a good place to live?

Dartford (DA1 1PZ), Dartford, England

View DA1 postcode district overview

Comprehensive Score

Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 15 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

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At a glance

DA1 1PZ has plenty going for it.

  • Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
  • Schools: 95 nearby (15 Outstanding)

Summary

Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 15 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

DA1 1PZ is a UK postcode in DA1 with an average crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 15 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

Day-to-day amenities around DA1 1PZ include 4 parks. Healthcare is served by 2 GP practices, the closest 1.0 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.

Over the past 6 months, 3 incidents were reported in DA1 1PZ. It ranks in the top half for safety within DA1.

Overall score

Good overall profile, averaged across five dimensions.

Each dimension is scored from 0 to 100 based on the underlying data for this postcode. Safety is scaled from the 0-5 rating used elsewhere on the page.

Per-dimension breakdown

Safety
5/5 — Excellent
Schools
72/100 — Good
Amenities
42/100 — Average
Transport
0/100 — Poor
Connectivity
100/100 — Excellent

Safety

DA1 1PZ is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.

In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 3 incidents were reported in DA1 1PZ.

The most common categories are Anti-social behaviour (33%), Other theft (33%), Criminal damage arson (33%), based on reported crime type counts.

Within DA1, this postcode ranks 1560 of 5814 for safety.

5/ 5
Safety score
3last 6m
Reported incidents

Compared to nearby areas

DA1 district average
308 crimes per 1,000 people
London average
100 per 1,000
UK average
85 per 1,000
Anti-Social Behaviour
1 (33%)
Other Theft
1 (33%)
Criminal Damage Arson
1 (33%)

Schools near DA1 1PZ

95 schools near DA1 1PZ, including 15 rated Outstanding.

Families have access to 73 primary schools (11 Outstanding, 54 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) and 22 secondary schools (4 Outstanding and 16 Good) within the local area.

73
Primary
22
Secondary
15
Outstanding
Primary schools73 schools
11
54
4
4
Outstanding (11) Good (54) Requires Improvement (4) Other / not inspected (4)
Secondary schools22 schools
4
16
2
Outstanding (4) Good (16) Inadequate (2)

Nearby amenities

A handful of everyday amenities surround DA1 1PZ.

Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 4 parks or green spaces and 1 EV charging point.

Brooklands Lakes is just 0.5 miles away for daily green space.

  • No supermarkets listed nearby
  • 1 EV charging point within reach
0
Supermarkets
4
Parks
0
Gyms
1
EV chargers

Supermarkets

No supermarkets in range

Parks & green space

  • Brooklands Lakes
    DA11HW
    0.5 mi
  • Oakfield Park
    DA12TD
    0.6 mi
  • Central Park
    DA11AG
    0.8 mi
  • Hesketh Park
    DA11SZ
    0.9 mi

Connectivity

Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.

Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.

100%
Full fibre
100%
Ultrafast
100%
Superfast
Full fibre
100%
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) coverage
Ultrafast
100%
100+ Mbit/s broadband coverage
Superfast
100%
30+ Mbit/s broadband coverage

Housing

We did not find enough recent housing transactions to summarise prices.

HM Land Registry data did not return transactions for this postcode in the search window. This usually means a very small number of homes, not that prices are unavailable overall.

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