Social housing in Crawley
22.9% of households in Crawley are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Crawley?
Crawley ranks 52nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 45,520 households, 10,440 are social homes (22.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Crawley compare with the UK average?
At +5.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Crawley sits above the national level.
Crawley at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Crawley.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Crawley has 37 schools — 34 state-funded and 3 independent. That includes 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 12 with a published Ofsted grade, 92% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 56 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Crawley, offering about 2,290 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Crawley sits in decile 5 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 1% of its 67 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,168 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Crawley
See Crawley through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).