Crawley

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Most deprived 40–50%
Census 2021
118,493
Households
45,504
Crimes · Sep '26
1,515

Estimated population, mid-2025: 124,462 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

45,504
Households
White Brit. · 62%
Ethnicity
Christian · 43%
Religion
Most deprived 40⁠–⁠50%
Avg IMD
1,515
Crimes · Sep '26
£350,000
Median property price · Crawley · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 920 sales
£1,495
Average rent, September 2026
2,674
Postcodes

Sold prices in Crawley

England & Wales
Property sales · Crawley
HM Land Registry · Crawley
Average price
£359,857
Median price: £350,000
Median -0.7% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 920 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 28 sales · avg £379,965
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£389k£365k£340k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Sep '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Crawley

England & Wales
Crime trends · Crawley

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearOct '24 – Sep '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
434
YoY +14%
488420352
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
ASB
303
YoY +39%
321224126
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Vehicle Crime
70
YoY +71%
765228
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Burglary
27
YoY -27%
583511
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Criminal damage
118
YoY +84%
1189164
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Other recorded crime
563
YoY stable
680555430
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

1 of 6 key categories improving · criminal damage rising

1,515
incidents · Sep '26

Demographics in Crawley

Ethnicity

Total residents: 118,492
White Brit.61.8%
Other White10.5%
Indian6.2%
Pakistani5.2%
Other Asian3.0%
+ 14 other groups · 13.3%

Religion

Total residents: 118,493
Christian42.6%
No religion35.1%
Muslim9.7%
Not answered5.7%
Hindu5.1%
+ 4 other religions · 1.8%

Age groups

Total residents: 118,493
35–4922.4%
50–6417.7%
25–3415.7%
10–157.8%
65–747.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.0%

Households

Total households: 45,504
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children17.5%
One person: other15.2%
One person: aged 66+10.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.4%
Lone parent family: With dependent children7.8%
+ 9 other households · 40.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Crawley

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 40–50%
Mean decile 4.99 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.99 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Crawley

3% of postcodes (69 of 2674) are in Flood Zone 3 and 4% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 369 (3%)
  • Zone 2107 (4%)
  • Zone 12,498 (93%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Crawley

Crawley is a 3-minute walk from the centre

Rail · Coach · 266 m

  • Crawley

    Rail · Coach

    266 m
  • Three Bridges

    Rail

    1.6 km
  • Ifield

    Rail

    2.1 km
  • Gatwick Airport

    Rail · Air

    4.7 km
  • Gatwick North Terminal Shuttle

    Rail · Air

    5.0 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Rail, Coach, Air

Amenities in Crawley

GPs make up most of the mapped places

19 GPs · 3 Hospitals · 3 Libraries · 26 in all

  • GPs19
  • Hospitals3
  • Libraries3
  • Museums1

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Crawley

Average rent, September 2026

£1,495/month

ONS Price Index of Private Rents — average monthly rent by bedroom.

£1,071
1 bed
£1,392
2 bed
£1,652
3 bed
£2,271
4+ bed

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

School applications

We've matched this area to West Sussex.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Crawley is the district council. School applications go through West Sussex.

Last place offered

None of these schools has a published last distance, so we cannot compare this postcode with last year's places. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

Apply for a primary place via West Sussex

Apply on GOV.UK. It sends you to West Sussex's application form.

Overview of Crawley

Coordinates51.1156, -0.1844
Postcodes
2,674
Census 2021
118,493

Estimated population, mid-2025: 124,462 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

Households (Census)
45,504
Recorded crime · Sep '26
1,515

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