Is DA7 5SP a good place to live?
Dartford (DA7 5SP), Dartford, England
View DA7 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 17 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
DA7 5SP has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 93 nearby (17 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.9 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 17 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
DA7 5SP is a UK postcode in DA7 with a higher than average crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 17 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Abbey Wood, 0.9 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around DA7 5SP include 3 supermarkets and 5 parks. 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 DA7 5SP. It ranks in the lower half for safety within DA7.
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
- 65/100 — Good
- Transport
- 65/100 — Good
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
DA7 5SP 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 DA7 5SP.
The most common categories are Violent crime (33%), Other theft (33%), Vehicle crime (33%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within DA7, this postcode ranks 404 of 697 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- DA7 district average
- 175 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near DA7 5SP
93 schools near DA7 5SP, including 17 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 75 primary schools (15 Outstanding, 53 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) and 18 secondary schools (2 Outstanding, 11 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
DA7 5SP has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 3 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces and 1 EV charging point.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Co-Op, 0.6 miles away.
Stevens Park is just 0.5 miles away for daily green space.
- 1 EV charging point within reach
Supermarkets
- Co-Op0.6 mi
- Co-op Food0.7 mi
- Londis0.9 mi
Parks & green space
- Stevens Park0.5 mi
- William Barefoot Gardens0.7 mi
- Lesnes Abbey Park0.8 mi
- Lesnes Abbey Wood Recreation Ground1.0 mi
- Rockliffe Gardens1.0 mi
Transportation
Abbey Wood is the closest station, about 0.9 miles from DA7 5SP - a short drive or cycle.
In total there is 1 rail station within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Abbey Wood0.9 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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