— ACRERIGHT AREA REPORT · STREET
Home › Dartford › Helen Close · street
5 recorded sales · median £215,000 · Dartford
Dartford Council · Conservative-controlled 28/42 seats · 67% · OCD 2026
64/100
Mixed
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£215k
median price
9.3
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£215k
median sold price
10.1 yrs
of local pay to buy
26 min
London — fastest
7
rail stations
4
grammar schools
43
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
69
shops
70.6%
gigabit
11
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
Not enough history to chart yet.
⌄ 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.
What's happening here
Loading local news…
Local voices
Loading local notes…
Display name optional · moderated before anything shows · read all local notes
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
One short email when this area’s prices, crime and schools figures update. No accounts, no spam, one-click unsubscribe. Privacy.
What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £215,000. That's about 10.1× local earnings — higher than the 9.6× five-year average.
Sold price history
Not enough history to chart yet.
Median sold price · median of all 5 sales£215,000
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%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,332
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 Helen Close 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 |
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 Helen Close — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Helen Close | Semi-detached | — | — | £442,500 | Jan 2024 |
| 1 Helen Close | Semi-detached | — | — | £395,000 | Mar 2021 |
| 3 Helen Close | Semi-detached | — | — | £215,000 | Jan 2006 |
| 3 Helen Close | Semi-detached | — | — | £176,000 | May 2002 |
| 4 HELEN CLOSE | Semi-detached | — | — | £139,995 | Aug 1999 |
5 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
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
12345678910
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 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
5 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 nearest inspected schools
of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broomhill Playgroup | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.4 km |
| Christchurch Pre-School (Dartford) Ltd | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.4 km |
| Dartford Grammar School for Girls | Secondary | Inspected '26 — see report | 0.4 km |
| Wentworth Primary School | Primary | Good ('23) | 0.6 km |
| Toybox Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('21) | 0.6 km |
| West Hill Primary Academy | Primary | Inspected '26 — see report | 0.6 km |
| Dartford Grammar School | Secondary | Outstanding ('22) | 0.7 km |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Dartford | Primary | Inspected '25 — see report | 0.9 km |
| Dartford Science & Technology College | Secondary | — | 1.0 km |
| The Chapel Nursery | Nursery | Good ('23) | 1.0 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
21
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
11 of 11 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| M D Moore Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.5 km |
| Dartford Road Dental Centre | Dentist | — | 0.6 km |
| Redwood Practice | GP | Good ('16) | 0.8 km |
| The Wellcome Practice | GP | Good ('19) | 0.8 km |
| Dartford West Health Centre | Dentist | — | 0.8 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.9 km |
| West Hill Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.9 km |
| Highfield Dental Centre | Dentist | — | 1.0 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 26 min from Bexley Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crayford Rail Station | 0.9 mi | London Bridge | 29 min |
| Dartford Rail Station | 1.0 mi | London Bridge | 34 min |
| Slade Green Rail Station | 1.8 mi | London Bridge | 34 min |
| Bexley Rail Station | 2.1 mi | London Bridge | 26 min |
| Barnehurst Rail Station | 2.2 mi | London Bridge | 32 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Bexley Rail Station (26 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
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
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
% 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