Is DA1 5LB a good place to live?
Dartford (DA1 5LB), Dartford, England
View DA1 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is average. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 23 secondary schools, including 18 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
DA1 5LB has a mix of strengths and trade-offs.
- Safety score: 3/5 (below average)
- Schools: 96 nearby (18 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.8 mi
Summary
Overall livability is average. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 23 secondary schools, including 18 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
DA1 5LB is a UK postcode in DA1 with a very high crime rate and a lower safety rating. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 23 secondary schools, including 18 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Dartford, 0.8 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around DA1 5LB include 1 supermarket, 4 parks and 2 gyms. Healthcare is served by 4 GP practices, the closest 0.3 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 27 incidents were reported in DA1 5LB.
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
- 3/5 — Below average
- Schools
- 73/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 72/100 — Good
- Transport
- 65/100 — Good
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
DA1 5LB is rated 3/5 for safety, below average for its area.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 27 incidents were reported in DA1 5LB.
The most common categories are Violent crime (41%), Public order (15%), Criminal damage arson (11%), based on reported crime type counts.
Schools near DA1 5LB
96 schools near DA1 5LB, including 18 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 73 primary schools (13 Outstanding, 53 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) and 23 secondary schools (5 Outstanding, 15 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
DA1 5LB has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 1 supermarket, 4 parks or green spaces, 2 gyms or fitness studios and 2 EV charging points.
The nearest supermarket recorded is ALDI, 0.9 miles away.
Attlee Drive Park. is just 0.2 miles away for daily green space.
- 2 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- ALDI0.9 mi
Parks & green space
- Attlee Drive Park.0.2 mi
- Pit Park0.4 mi
- St Edmund's Pleasance0.8 mi
- Hesketh Park0.9 mi
Transportation
Dartford is the closest station, about 0.8 miles from DA1 5LB - a short drive or cycle.
In total there is 1 rail station within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Dartford0.8 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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