Tilgate

Crawley · South East · population 8,304 · 5 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,981 of 6,856 in England
  • #860 of 1,119 in South East
  • #6 of 13 in Crawley
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,314
Median age (est.)38
Density2,691per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above22%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 29%45–64 24%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 29%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 13%Other: 18%
One person 25%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 13%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 12% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Professional12%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 12%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 79%Asian 12%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 38% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 22%

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

Tilgate is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,981 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 13 in Crawley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (93) but weak on Education (20). Typical homes here sold for about £351,500 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 85 sales), in line with the wider Crawley median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,680 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 74 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 32 · #4,646
Employment 43 · #3,878
Education 20 · #5,448
Health 49 · #3,515
Crime 26 · #5,064
Housing & access 54 · #3,151
Living environment 93 · #471

House prices ?

£351,500median (12m) · +4.9% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£351,50085+4.9%+22.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£375,50012-0.2%+5.8%
Terraced£355,00060+4.7%+22.4%
Flat£228,75012-4.7%-4.3%
This area£351,500
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)£41,680±£5,831 · #2,950 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,778
Price-to-income ?8.4×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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

74 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 614 offences
Crawley113
South East71
England83

Rank #3,767 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences306
Theft61
Burglary29
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons73
Drugs36
Robbery8
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 133 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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