Is DA14 5JH a good place to live?
Dartford (DA14 5JH), Dartford, England
View DA14 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is good. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 13 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
DA14 5JH has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 4/5 (good)
- Schools: 91 nearby (13 Outstanding)
Summary
Overall livability is good. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 13 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
DA14 5JH is a UK postcode in DA14 with a higher than average crime rate and a good safety rating. Families have access to 70 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 13 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
Day-to-day amenities around DA14 5JH include 2 supermarkets, 2 parks and 1 gym. Healthcare is served by 1 GP practice, the closest 1.0 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 98% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 5 incidents were reported in DA14 5JH.
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
- 4/5 — Good
- Schools
- 71/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 43/100 — Average
- Transport
- 0/100 — Poor
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
DA14 5JH is rated 4/5 for safety, a solid score for a UK postcode.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 5 incidents were reported in DA14 5JH.
The most common categories are Violent crime (60%), Other theft (20%), Criminal damage arson (20%), based on reported crime type counts.
Schools near DA14 5JH
91 schools near DA14 5JH, including 13 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 70 primary schools (10 Outstanding, 53 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) and 21 secondary schools (3 Outstanding, 15 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
DA14 5JH has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 2 supermarkets, 2 parks or green spaces, 1 gym or fitness studio and 2 EV charging points.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Lidl, 0.3 miles away.
Footscray Meadows is just 0.5 miles away for daily green space.
- 2 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- Lidl0.3 mi
- Tesco0.5 mi
Parks & green space
- Footscray Meadows0.5 mi
- Foots Cray Recreation Ground0.6 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 98%, ultrafast 98%, 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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