Broadfield West

Crawley · South East · population 7,778 · 5 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,762 of 6,856 in England
  • #962 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 13 in Crawley
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,036
Median age (est.)34
Density6,577per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above21%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 13%25–44 32%45–64 24%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 26%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 17%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 16%Other: 21%
One person 17%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 16%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Caring & leisure 14% · Process & plant 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Caring & leisure14%
Process & plant13%
Sales & customer service12%
Professional10%
Skilled trades10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 67%Asian: 18%Black: 7%Mixed: 4%Other: 3%
White 67%Asian 18%Black 7%Mixed 4%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 33% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 33%

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

Broadfield West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,762 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 13 in Crawley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (74) but weak on Education (11). Typical homes here, about £322,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 47 sales), 8% below the wider Crawley median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,928 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 26 · #5,098
Employment 41 · #4,049
Education 11 · #6,106
Health 43 · #3,933
Crime 38 · #4,248
Housing & access 20 · #5,503
Living environment 74 · #1,760

House prices ?

£322,000median (12m) · +2.2% yr · n=47
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£322,00047+2.2%+28.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£340,0005
Terraced£323,50038+4.4%+24.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£322,000
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)£40,928±£5,979 · #3,140 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,250
Price-to-income ?7.9×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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 480 offences
Crawley113
South East71
England83

Rank #2,977 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences216
Theft32
Burglary14
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons53
Drugs64
Robbery3
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 107 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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