Crawley Down

Mid Sussex · South East · population 6,355 · 4 LSOAs

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

89Area Score / 100 ?
  • #752 of 6,856 in England
  • #244 of 1,119 in South East
  • #8 of 17 in Mid Sussex
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,332
Median age (est.)48
Density567per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above32%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 28%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 8%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 25%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional14%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 38% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Crawley Down is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #752 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 17 in Mid Sussex. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (95) but weak on Housing & access (19). Typical homes here sold for about £459,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 74 sales), in line with the wider Mid Sussex median of £440,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,516 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 89 · #725
Employment 94 · #382
Education 71 · #2,000
Health 95 · #348
Crime 89 · #773
Housing & access 19 · #5,578
Living environment 95 · #348

House prices ?

£459,000median (12m) · -4.9% yr · n=74
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£459,00074-4.9%+17.7%
Detached£595,00027-5.0%-2.0%
Semi-detached£450,00027+5.9%+25.3%
Terraced£407,50014+7.9%+29.4%
Flat£197,5006
This area£459,000
Mid Sussex£440,000
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)£49,516±£6,907 · #1,148 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,231
Price-to-income ?9.3×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 ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 191 offences
Mid Sussex47
South East71
England83

Rank #424 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences91
Theft32
Burglary6
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson10
Public order & weapons24
Drugs7
Robbery3
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 72 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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