Is DA14 4BY a good place to live?
Dartford (DA14 4BY), Dartford, England
View DA14 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 13 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
DA14 4BY has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 91 nearby (13 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.5 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 13 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
DA14 4BY is a UK postcode in DA14 with an average crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 13 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Sidcup, 0.5 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around DA14 4BY include 2 supermarkets, 5 parks and 2 gyms. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.1 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 2 incidents were reported in DA14 4BY.
Overall score
Excellent 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
- 71/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 77/100 — Good
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
DA14 4BY is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 2 incidents were reported in DA14 4BY.
The most common categories are Violent crime (50%), Anti-social behaviour (50%), based on reported crime type counts.
Schools near DA14 4BY
91 schools near DA14 4BY, including 13 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 70 primary schools (11 Outstanding, 53 Good and 2 Requires Improvement) and 21 secondary schools (2 Outstanding, 15 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
DA14 4BY has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 2 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces and 2 gyms or fitness studios.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Morrisons, 0.3 miles away.
Waring Park is just 0.3 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Morrisons0.3 mi
- Lidl0.8 mi
Parks & green space
- Waring Park0.3 mi
- Abbey Hill Park0.5 mi
- Lamorbey Park0.7 mi
- Foots Cray Recreation Ground0.8 mi
- Footscray Meadows0.8 mi
Transportation
Sidcup is the closest station, about 0.5 miles from DA14 4BY - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Albany Park (0.9 mi).
In total there are 2 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Sidcup0.5 mi
- Albany Park0.9 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.
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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