Stone & Crossways

Dartford · South East · population 7,631 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,310 of 6,856 in England
  • #905 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 13 in Dartford
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,602
Median age (est.)36
Density1,540per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above29%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 10%25–44 33%45–64 25%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 21%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 14%Other: 11%
One person 31%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 14%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 12% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 7%Black: 11%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 77%Asian 7%Black 11%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 40% · Hindu 2%

Born outside the UK: 19%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Stone & Crossways is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,310 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 13 in Dartford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (69) but weak on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here sold for about £345,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 114 sales), 9% below the wider Dartford median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,164 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 359 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 40 · #4,077
Employment 40 · #4,111
Education 43 · #3,933
Health 36 · #4,392
Crime 26 · #5,057
Housing & access 14 · #5,900
Living environment 69 · #2,116

House prices ?

£345,000median (12m) · +9.2% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£345,000114+9.2%+19.0%
Detached£511,50015+24.0%
Semi-detached£430,00025+8.9%+35.8%
Terraced£350,000360.0%-4.1%
Flat£215,00038-20.4%+10.3%
This area£345,000
Dartford£380,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£43,164±£6,083 · #2,539 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,554
Price-to-income ?8.0×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

359 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,739 offences
Dartford99
South East71
England83

Rank #6,375 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences520
Theft1,723
Burglary31
Vehicle crime99
Criminal damage & arson142
Public order & weapons109
Drugs47
Robbery16
Other52

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 190 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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