Is DA1 5UF a good place to live?
Dartford (DA1 5UF), Dartford, England
View DA1 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 17 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
DA1 5UF has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 95 nearby (17 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.3 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 22 secondary schools, including 17 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
DA1 5UF 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 17 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Dartford, 0.3 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around DA1 5UF include 4 supermarkets, 5 parks and 3 gyms. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.3 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 3 incidents were reported in DA1 5UF. It ranks in the lower half for safety within DA1.
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
- 72/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 95/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
DA1 5UF 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 5UF.
The most common categories are Violent crime (67%), Vehicle crime (33%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within DA1, this postcode ranks 3348 of 5814 for safety.
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
Schools near DA1 5UF
95 schools near DA1 5UF, including 17 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 73 primary schools (12 Outstanding, 54 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) and 22 secondary schools (5 Outstanding, 14 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
DA1 5UF is well served by everyday amenities, with 14 places within reach.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 4 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces, 3 gyms or fitness studios and 2 EV charging points.
The nearest supermarket recorded is ALDI, 0.4 miles away.
Pit Park is just 0.4 miles away for daily green space.
- 2 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- ALDI0.4 mi
- Lidos Extra0.5 mi
- Sainsbury's0.6 mi
- Lidl0.7 mi
Parks & green space
- Pit Park0.4 mi
- St Edmund's Pleasance0.4 mi
- Attlee Drive Park.0.5 mi
- Central Park0.7 mi
- Hesketh Park0.8 mi
Transportation
Dartford is the closest station, about 0.3 miles from DA1 5UF - a very short walk.
In total there is 1 rail station within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Dartford0.3 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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