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Bedford Road

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72 recorded sales · median £171,500 · Dartford

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Dartford Council · Conservative-controlled 28/42 seats · 67% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

64/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£172k

median price

9.3

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£172k

median sold price

10.1 yrs

of local pay to buy

29 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

9.3

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

347

Violence — most

13.7

NO₂ · WHO 10

12.4%

in a flood zone

1,499

green spaces

7.8

PM2.5 · WHO 5

232

eat & drink

shops

70.6%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£168,500 in 2005 → £363,500 in 2025

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Dartford, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £171,500. That's about 10.1× local earnings — higher than the 9.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 72 sales£171,500

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay10.1× · five-year average 9.6×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership66%

Owned outright

27%

With a mortgage

39%

Private rented

18%

Social rented

14%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,332

Your band:

Dartford Borough Council£189

Kent County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,759

Police & Crime Commissioner£285

Fire & Rescue£100

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,555

Band B£1,814

Band C£2,073

Band D (baseline)£2,332

Band E£2,850

Band F£3,369

Band G£3,887

Band H£4,664

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Dartford how Bedford Road compares · from Dartford

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Joydens Wood +27.9%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Joydens Wood	£528,000	+27.9%	70
Worcester Park Estate	£325,000	+25.5%	251
Barnes Cray	£428,250	+25.3%	68
Temple Hill	£300,000	+24.6%	163
Fleet Estate	£375,000	+24.2%	129
New Town	£325,000	+23.6%	243
Dartford	£332,500	+21.1%	341
The Bridge	£339,000	+19%	170
Greenhithe	£317,000	+17.9%	153
Bowmans	£465,000	+17.2%	131
Sutton at Hone	£395,000	+17.1%	47
Brooklands	£383,750	+15.2%	78
Swanscombe	£310,000	+12.5%	137
Wilmington	£425,000	+12%	93
Darenth	£360,000	+10.8%	65

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Bedford Road — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
1 BEDFORD ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£392,000	Feb 2026
16 Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£360,000	Nov 2025
6 Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£367,000	Aug 2025
33 Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£360,000	Jan 2025
14 Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£270,000	Jan 2023
21 Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£316,100	Feb 2022
35 Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£342,500	Nov 2021
37 BEDFORD ROAD DARTFORD	Terraced	—	—	£325,000	Nov 2021
45, Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£395,000	Jun 2021
26, Bedford Road	Detached	—	—	£415,000	Nov 2019
49, Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£310,000	Jul 2019
9, Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£290,000	Jun 2019
40, Bedford Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£335,000	Mar 2019
32 BEDFORD ROAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£450,000	Mar 2019
5, Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£275,000	Jan 2018
12, Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£303,000	Apr 2017
41, Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£253,000	Sep 2016
12, Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£205,000	Aug 2016
18 Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£295,000	Jan 2016
20, Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£230,000	Jan 2016
16 Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£275,000	Oct 2015
45, Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£185,000	May 2015
9, Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£227,000	Apr 2015
49, Bedford Road	Terraced	—	—	£225,000	Nov 2014

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24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Dartford

Crime runs at 9.3 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month9.3

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Dartford

Violence & sexual offences

347

Anti-social behaviour

210

Shoplifting

207

Criminal damage & arson

Other theft

Vehicle crime

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Dartford district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Dartford

Population116,753

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 55% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 6/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 6/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 6 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

6.4/10

Employment

6.6/10

Education & skills

6.2/10

Health & disability

6.1/10

Crime

4.7/10

Housing & services

4.1/10

Living environment

6.1/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Dartford — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+65%

Unemployment · economically active residents4.9%

Degree-level (Level 4+)32%

Good or very good health86%

Own their home66%

Median age37.2

Born outside the UK20%

See the full Dartford report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 2 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

2 of 2 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 2 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Little Gem's Childcare	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.1 km
Leigh Academy Dartford	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.3 km
The Brent Pre School	Nursery	—	0.3 km
St Andrews Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.4 km
Kip McGrath Dartford	Nursery	—	0.5 km
Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy	Secondary	—	0.6 km
The Winning Child Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.6 km
Star Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
The Gateway Primary Academy	Primary	—	0.8 km
West Hill Life Ltd	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.9 km
The Brent Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	1.1 km
The Windmill Nursery Dartford	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.1 km
Milestones Day Nursery	Nursery	—	1.1 km
KatieB Kids	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.1 km
Cuddles Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Star Kids Children's Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.1 km
St Anselm's Catholic Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.1 km
Ymca Thames Gateway Temple Hill Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.2 km
Bright Horizons Springfield Lodge Dartford Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.2 km
Fleetdown Primary Academy	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.3 km
Fleet Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.3 km
Play Place The Ark	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.3 km
Stone Lodge School	Secondary	Good ('23)	1.3 km
Highfield Road Pre-school	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.4 km
Temple Hill Primary Academy	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	1.4 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

10 of 10 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Smiledartford Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.2 km
The Brent Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.2 km
Photay & Associates	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Dr Cj Shimmins & Partners	GP	—	0.4 km
Pilgrims Way Surgery	GP	—	0.4 km
Smile Avenue	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Dartford Dental And Implant Centre	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Kentish Smiles Clinic	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Lowfield Medical Centre	GP	—	1.1 km
Lowfield Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Lowfield Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Lowfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Horsman'S Place Surgery	GP	—	1.1 km
Core Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Daysol Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Highfield Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Temple Hill Surgery	GP	—	1.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.6 km
West Hill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Redwood Practice	GP	Good ('16)	1.8 km
The Wellcome Practice	GP	Good ('19)	1.8 km
Dartford West Health Centre	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Darent Valley Hospital (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.0 km
S & S Chopra	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Stone Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Dartford Road Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Optiwell Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
M D Moore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Station Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Crayford Town Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	3.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
2 Green Dental	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Mcqueen'S Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Ark-G Dental Centre	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Dental Beauty Greenhithe	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Hobbs Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Swanscombe Health Centre	GP	—	4.3 km
Daysol Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Slade Green Medical Ctr.	GP	Good ('17)	4.4 km
Joydens Wood Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
The Village Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.9 km
Delmergate Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.1 km
Davidsons Chemists	Pharmacy	—	5.3 km
Vicarage Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	5.4 km
Purfleet Care Centre	GP	Good ('24)	5.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Allcures Plc	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
Alshifa Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
Ackers Chemists	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
Chopra Dental Ltd	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Lyndhurst Road Medical Centre	GP	Good ('21)	5.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Riverside Surgery	GP	—	5.6 km
Swancombe Dental Centre	Dentist	—	5.6 km
The Albion Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	6.0 km
Northumberland Heath Med.Ctr.	GP	Good ('23)	6.1 km
Bursted Wood Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	6.1 km
Swanley Medical Practice	GP	—	6.4 km
Jubilee Medical Centre	GP	Good ('23)	6.7 km
Chafford Hundred Medical Centre	GP	—	7.5 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Dartford

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 29 min from Crayford Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Dartford Rail Station	0.7 mi	London Bridge	34 min
Stone Crossing Rail Station	1.6 mi	London Bridge	40 min
Greenhithe For Bluewater Rail Station	2.2 mi	London Bridge	42 min
Crayford Rail Station	2.3 mi	London Bridge	29 min
Slade Green Rail Station	2.6 mi	London Bridge	34 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Crayford Rail Station (29 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

48%

Work from home

31%

Public transport

12%

Walk or cycle

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging8 points

Per 10,000 residents0.7

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Dartford

Air quality

NO₂

13.7

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.8

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1002.4%

Flood zone12.4% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill185 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings184

Conservation areas6

Green belt56.3%

Green spaces1,499

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Dartford

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	232	91% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	69	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	11	—
Green spaces & parks	1,499	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

70.6%

Superfast

96.2%

Ultrafast

71.7%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Dartford

Figures for the wider Dartford — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate4.9%

In work (employment rate)64.9%

Companies registered here12,476

New incorporations (12m)1,673

Property companies (SPVs)1,722

See the full Dartford report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district