Crawley: local statistics
Crawley is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 124,462 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Crawley, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The claimant count for Crawley stood at 3,705 in August 2026, or 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South East: 3.1%). A year earlier the rate was 4.4%. Over the last five years it peaked at 5.8% in August 2021 and was lowest at 3.5% in January 2023.
In the year to March 2026, 13,538 offences were recorded by police in Crawley: 108.8 per 1,000 people, the 5th highest rate of 55 in the South East. That compares with 114.8 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 82.7 to 120.8 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
An estimated 90.0% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Crawley were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 6.7 points either way; the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 74.0% to 90.0%.
In March 2026, 4,690 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Crawley, 7% more than in 2016. That is 38 for every 1,000 residents, the 57th highest of all 64 council areas in the South East.
The average house price in Crawley was £332,384 in July 2026, up 2.3% on July 2025. It ranks as the 47th highest of all 64 council areas in the South East; the average for the South East was £380,878. Prices are 27% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Crawley (£39,237) gives a ratio of 8.5. That ratio is the 45th highest ratio of 64 in the South East.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Crawley took home £762.40 a week before tax (£39,237 a year). That is 6.5% below the figure for the South East and the 45th highest of all 64 council areas in the South East. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £810.50, £48.10 higher. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £544.50: a change of +40% before inflation.
124,462 people lived in Crawley in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.6% on mid-2024. That is 11,510 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 10.2%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole, the 22nd fastest growth of all 64 council areas in the South East. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
Average Band D council tax in Crawley is £2,418.46 for 2026-27, 4.9% more than in 2025-26. It is the 43rd highest of 64 in the South East. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,546.07.
Life expectancy at birth in Crawley is 84.1 years for women and 80.2 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.7 years for women and -0.2 for men. It is mid-table in the South East, 37th of 64.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 112,952 |
| 2016 | 114,243 |
| 2017 | 115,083 |
| 2018 | 116,472 |
| 2019 | 117,144 |
| 2020 | 117,793 |
| 2021 | 118,607 |
| 2022 | 120,049 |
| 2023 | 122,643 |
| 2024 | 123,758 |
| 2025 | 124,462 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £262,204 |
| July 2017 | £277,397 |
| July 2018 | £282,777 |
| July 2019 | £279,949 |
| July 2020 | £275,393 |
| July 2021 | £285,979 |
| July 2022 | £308,755 |
| July 2023 | £311,959 |
| July 2024 | £310,964 |
| July 2025 | £324,831 |
| July 2026 | £332,384 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £544.50 a week |
| 2016 | £551.40 a week |
| 2017 | £514.40 a week |
| 2018 | £557.20 a week |
| 2019 | £573.90 a week |
| 2020 | £591.60 a week |
| 2021 | £593.90 a week |
| 2022 | £670.80 a week |
| 2023 | £655.60 a week |
| 2024 | £736.30 a week |
| 2025 | £762.40 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,546.07 |
| 2017-18 | £1,603.54 |
| 2018-19 | £1,682.68 |
| 2019-20 | £1,777.42 |
| 2020-21 | £1,847.54 |
| 2021-22 | £1,939.31 |
| 2022-23 | £1,999.44 |
| 2023-24 | £2,098.66 |
| 2024-25 | £2,199.96 |
| 2025-26 | £2,306.49 |
| 2026-27 | £2,418.46 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 82.8 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 92.2 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 99.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 105.9 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 109.1 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 82.7 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 96.8 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 109.4 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 120.8 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 114.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 108.8 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 83.0% |
| 2016/17 | 86.5% |
| 2017/18 | 79.0% |
| 2018/19 | 74.0% |
| 2019/20 | 81.4% |
| 2020/21 | 84.4% |
| 2021/22 | 83.7% |
| 2022/23 | 74.0% |
| 2023/24 | 79.9% |
| 2024/25 | 76.1% |
| 2025/26 | 90.0% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.0 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.7 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.5 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.7 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.7 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.1 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,380 |
| 2017 | 4,635 |
| 2018 | 4,620 |
| 2019 | 4,755 |
| 2020 | 4,755 |
| 2021 | 4,780 |
| 2022 | 4,785 |
| 2023 | 4,705 |
| 2024 | 4,635 |
| 2025 | 4,610 |
| 2026 | 4,690 |
Questions about Crawley
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Crawley?
The ONS claimant count was 3,705 in August 2026, 4.6% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Crawley?
108.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the average house price in Crawley?
£332,384 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+2.3% on a year).
What is the average salary in Crawley?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Crawley was £762.40 a week in April 2025 (£39,237 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the population of Crawley?
124,462 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How much is Band D council tax in Crawley?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,418.46 for 2026-27.
What is life expectancy in Crawley?
84.1 years for women and 80.2 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
Who has power over Crawley
Every body that makes decisions for Crawley, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Crawley council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Crawley in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Crawley: Peter Lamb (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK unemployment rate · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK employment rate
- Other council areas in the South East: Dartford · Dover · Havant · Sevenoaks · Tunbridge Wells · West Oxfordshire
Related questions
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