United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Dartford
Non-metropolitan district · South East, England · population ~114k · 42 state-funded schools
Expensive to live in, average to earn in. Dartford's median house price is 8.7 times median annual pay, a multiple higher than 70% of authorities in England, and monthly rents consume a steep 43.2% of gross median earnings, well above the South East median. While weekly pay is slightly above the regional average at £831.60, and council tax is below it, this affordability trade-off is stark. Recorded crime is also high, at 80.7 per 1,000, and deprivation scores are above the regional median. The only neutral ground is school quality, matching the South East average. This suits those prioritising proximity to London over affordability.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Dartford ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£43,243/yr
High
Better than 75% of UK LAs
House price
£375,000
Expensive
Worse than 75% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,556/mo
Very expensive
Worse than 84% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,375/yr
Cheap
Better than 64% of UK LAs
Crime
80.7/1k
High
Worse than 62% of UK LAs
Deprivation
18.8
Mid
Around UK average
Schools
90.2%
Weak
Worse than 72% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
41 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
37 of 41 (90.2%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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42 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 42 schools, sortable and filterable.
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What we don't know yet
Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.