Bewbush

Crawley · South East · population 7,613 · 5 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,126 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,003 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 13 in Crawley
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,839
Median age (est.)36
Density5,900per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above21%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 12%25–44 31%45–64 26%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 36%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 16%Other: 15%
One person 25%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 16%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Caring & leisure 13% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Caring & leisure13%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service11%
Professional11%
Process & plant10%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 75%Asian: 12%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 75%Asian 12%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 38% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 25%

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

Bewbush is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,126 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 13 in Crawley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (98) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here sold for about £325,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 55 sales), 7% below the wider Crawley median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,008 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 95 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 23 · #5,304
Employment 30 · #4,831
Education 15 · #5,818
Health 32 · #4,680
Crime 28 · #4,941
Housing & access 11 · #6,106
Living environment 98 · #101

House prices ?

£325,000median (12m) · +3.2% yr · n=55
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£325,00055+3.2%+20.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£335,00041-0.9%+20.7%
Flat£175,00011-4.1%-4.2%
This area£325,000
Crawley£350,000
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)£37,008±£5,207 · #4,361 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,718
Price-to-income ?8.8×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than 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 ?

32Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

95 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 724 offences
Crawley113
South East71
England83

Rank #4,746 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences261
Theft201
Burglary16
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson88
Public order & weapons72
Drugs34
Robbery15
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 218 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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