Crawley

Key figures

21 of 21 measures have a published figure for Crawley. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Crawley, not our estimates.

• 1,382 births and 778 deaths: natural change added 604 people.
• Moves within the UK (net) reduced the population by 917.
• International migration (net) added 997 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) added 20.
• Altogether the population grew by 704 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

The ONS has not yet published the Mid-2025 population level itself, so the closing bar is the Mid-2024 level plus the components above — the same addition as the total.

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Crawley: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Crawley’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Crawley moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

average house price and average private rent rose faster than pay over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Labour (2026) — Labour 21, Reform UK 11, Conservative 4 of 36 seats.

Since 2016: Labour (2016–2019); Conservative (largest party, no overall majority) (2020–2021); Labour (2022–2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Crawley’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

16,060 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 129.0 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Deprivation, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

The English Indices of Deprivation (IoD2025) rank every one of Crawley’s 67 neighbourhoods against the rest of England, where rank 1 is the most deprived. Each neighbourhood’s page carries its full rank and domain deciles.

Most deprived here: Crawley 013D (rank 2,719), Crawley 010B (rank 6,926), Crawley 012E (rank 7,121). Least deprived: Crawley 002D (rank 32,072), Crawley 002E (rank 31,110), Crawley 008C (rank 30,101).

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 2.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£39,237 a year
• Median annual pay, female full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 1.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£33,592 a year
• Median annual pay, male full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 1.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£41,769 a year
• Asylum seekers supported in each council area2026 Q2 · up 7.9% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 2026301 people
• Families in B&Bs beyond the six-week legal limit2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20260 households
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,382 people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026106,597 people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026118,493 people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 1.7% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20263,640 people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · up 0.1 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20264.5%
• Outstanding council borrowing2026 Q2 · down 11.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£197.8m
• Council investments held2026 Q2 · down 19.9% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£71.8m
• Earmarked council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 10.2% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£12.3m
• Unallocated council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 9.6% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£4.2m
• Council spending on servicesYear ending March 2025 · up 1.5% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£24m
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 4.9% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,418 a year
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026778 people
• Dwellings on the Council Tax valuation listsYear ending March 2025 · VOA, published 25 September 202547,290 dwellings
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,175 kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202512.3% of working-age residents
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202610,537 kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · down 0.6 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20264.5%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 4.5% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£338,311
• Households in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026618 households
• Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026186 households
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202520.8 score
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20251.5% of the district's LSOAs
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202524.9% of residents
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-917 people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,033 people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026997 people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,036 people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026604 people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 202620 people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 1.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025124,008 people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · down 0.3 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20263.1%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 3.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£1,486 a month
• People resettled in each council area2025 Q3 · down 83.3% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 20261 people
• Households with children in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026414 households
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 3.5% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£762 a week

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Crawley; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392 a year
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000 households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069 a year

Then and now

The first and last years published for Crawley, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• 12,4852012→10,5372024

  Mean domestic gas consumption per meter

  In Crawley, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 12,485 in 2012 to 10,537 in 2024, a change of 1,948 or 15.6% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  10,537 in 2024 − 12,485 in 2012 = −1,948, which is 15.6% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 10,537.33 and 12,484.83, and 10,537.33 − 12,484.83 = 1,947.50.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic gas consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Crawley, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 12,485 in 2012 to 10,537 in 2024, a change of 1,948 or 15.6% (DESNZ).

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• 3,8682012→3,1752024

  Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter

  In Crawley, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 3,868 in 2012 to 3,175 in 2024, a change of 693 or 17.9% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,175 in 2024 − 3,868 in 2012 = −693, which is 17.9% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 3,174.99 and 3,868.00, and 3,174.99 − 3,868.00 = 693.01.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Crawley, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 3,868 in 2012 to 3,175 in 2024, a change of 693 or 17.9% (DESNZ).

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• £1,848Year ending March 2021→£2,418Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In Crawley, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,848 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,418 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £571 or 30.9%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,418 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,848 in the year ending March 2021 = £571, which is 30.9% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,418.46 and 1,847.54, and 2,418.46 − 1,847.54 = 570.92.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Crawley, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,848 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,418 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £571 or 30.9%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £26,6202008→£39,2372025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Crawley, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £26,620 in 2008 to £39,237 in 2025, a change of £12,617 or 47.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £39,237 in 2025 − £26,620 in 2008 = £12,617, which is 47.4% of the figure for 2008.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Crawley, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £26,620 in 2008 to £39,237 in 2025, a change of £12,617 or 47.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £4622008→£7622025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Crawley, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £462 in 2008 to £762 in 2025, a change of £300 or 65.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £762 in 2025 − £462 in 2008 = £300, which is 65.0% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 762.40 and 462.10, and 762.40 − 462.10 = 300.30.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Crawley, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £462 in 2008 to £762 in 2025, a change of £300 or 65.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• 50Year to mid-2012→-917Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Crawley, net internal migration by local authority fell from 50 in Year to mid-2012 to -917 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 967 or 1934.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -917 in Year to mid-2025 − 50 in Year to mid-2012 = −967, which is 1934.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Crawley, net internal migration by local authority fell from 50 in Year to mid-2012 to -917 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 967 or 1934.0% (ONS).

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• 1,405Year to mid-2012→2,033Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Crawley, international migration into a local authority rose from 1,405 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,033 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 628 or 44.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,033 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,405 in Year to mid-2012 = 628, which is 44.7% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Crawley, international migration into a local authority rose from 1,405 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,033 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 628 or 44.7% (ONS).

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• 891Year to mid-2012→1,036Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Crawley, international migration out of a local authority rose from 891 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,036 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 145 or 16.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,036 in Year to mid-2025 − 891 in Year to mid-2012 = 145, which is 16.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Crawley, international migration out of a local authority rose from 891 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,036 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 145 or 16.3% (ONS).

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• 514Year to mid-2012→997Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Crawley, net international migration by local authority rose from 514 in Year to mid-2012 to 997 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 483 or 94.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  997 in Year to mid-2025 − 514 in Year to mid-2012 = 483, which is 94.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Crawley, net international migration by local authority rose from 514 in Year to mid-2012 to 997 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 483 or 94.0% (ONS).

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• 1,702Year to mid-2012→1,382Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Crawley, births by local authority fell from 1,702 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,382 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 320 or 18.8% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,382 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,702 in Year to mid-2012 = −320, which is 18.8% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Crawley, births by local authority fell from 1,702 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,382 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 320 or 18.8% (ONS).

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• 774Year to mid-2012→778Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Crawley, deaths by local authority rose from 774 in Year to mid-2012 to 778 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 4 or 0.5% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  778 in Year to mid-2025 − 774 in Year to mid-2012 = 4, which is 0.5% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Crawley, deaths by local authority rose from 774 in Year to mid-2012 to 778 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 4 or 0.5% (ONS).

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• 928Year to mid-2012→604Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Crawley, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 928 in Year to mid-2012 to 604 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 324 or 34.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  604 in Year to mid-2025 − 928 in Year to mid-2012 = −324, which is 34.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Crawley, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 928 in Year to mid-2012 to 604 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 324 or 34.9% (ONS).

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• 429Year to mid-2012→20Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Crawley, other population change by local authority fell from 429 in Year to mid-2012 to 20 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 409 or 95.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  20 in Year to mid-2025 − 429 in Year to mid-2012 = −409, which is 95.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Crawley, other population change by local authority fell from 429 in Year to mid-2012 to 20 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 409 or 95.3% (ONS).

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• £0m2010 Q1→£197.8m2026 Q2

  Outstanding council borrowing

  In Crawley, outstanding council borrowing rose from £0m in 2010 Q1 to £197.8m in 2026 Q2, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £197.8m in 2026 Q2 − £0m in 2010 Q1 = £197.8m.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 197.81 and 0.00, and 197.81 − 0.00 = 197.81.

  36 published years spanning 16 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Outstanding council borrowing, 2010 to 2020, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Crawley, outstanding council borrowing rose from £0m in 2010 Q1 to £197.8m in 2026 Q2, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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Compare Crawley with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Crawley and Birmingham
• Crawley and Leeds
• Crawley and North Yorkshire
• Crawley and Somerset
• Crawley and Cornwall
• Crawley and Buckinghamshire

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Nearby areas

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Areas like Crawley

The local authorities whose published rents, pay, house prices, council tax and claimant count sit closest to Crawley’s, wherever they are in the UK. Computed from the figures, not curated.

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Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Crawley said then and says now, with the periods named. Crawley since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Crawley are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.