Is DA14 6LX a good place to live?
Dartford (DA14 6LX), Dartford, England
View DA14 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 71 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 12 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
DA14 6LX has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 93 nearby (12 Outstanding)
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 71 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 12 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
DA14 6LX is a UK postcode in DA14 with a very high crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 71 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 12 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
Day-to-day amenities around DA14 6LX include 4 supermarkets, 3 parks and 2 gyms. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.6 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 15 incidents were reported in DA14 6LX.
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
- 70/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 87/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 0/100 — Poor
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
DA14 6LX is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 15 incidents were reported in DA14 6LX.
The most common categories are Shoplifting (40%), Anti-social behaviour (13%), Criminal damage arson (13%), based on reported crime type counts.
Schools near DA14 6LX
93 schools near DA14 6LX, including 12 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 71 primary schools (10 Outstanding, 54 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) and 22 secondary schools (2 Outstanding, 16 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
DA14 6LX has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 4 supermarkets, 3 parks or green spaces, 2 gyms or fitness studios and 2 EV charging points.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Tesco, 0.5 miles away.
Foots Cray Recreation Ground is just 0.2 miles away for daily green space.
- 2 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- Tesco0.5 mi
- Lidl0.5 mi
- Co-op Food0.7 mi
- Morrisons0.8 mi
Parks & green space
- Foots Cray Recreation Ground0.2 mi
- Scadbury Park0.8 mi
- St. Paul's Cray Recreation Ground0.8 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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