London commuter townsDartford vs Grays
Dartford vs Grays: which commuter town suits you?
Dartford is 8 minutes closer to London, but Grays is £10k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to London
22 min
30 min
Annual season ticket
£2,470
£3,008
Average house price
£360k
£350k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
9.7x
8.6x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
66
58
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
909 Mb
998 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.5
7.6
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
28
29
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
398 ha
236 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
287
268
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
