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Crowborough

Crowborough is a town in East Sussex, England, with a population of around 21,688. It has 2 pharmacies and around 6 restaurants and cafés, along with 24 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Crowborough, 1.8 km away. The average sold house price is around £487,354, and there were around 46 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Crowborough area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wealden area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 160,151 residents at roughly 192 people per km².

Council
Wealden
County
East Sussex
Constituency
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 119th of 294 English council areas — better than 60% of them.

Low crime99
Home affordability21
Affordable rents25
Good schools21
Life expectancy74
Low deprivation80
Employment78
Low council tax2

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CMist

  • Today: 23° / 17° · 41% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:18

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Crime

78 reported · July 2026 73% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences32
  • Anti-social behaviour20
  • Criminal damage & arson6
  • Public order6

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Crowborough North · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Increased police presence.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

343 reported road collisions (2024)

122 killed or seriously injured · 517 casualties · 21.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

72 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 68 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Crowborough (2.4 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Crowborough (2.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£386,787 average 0.7% YoY

Across Wealden · to 2026-06

Detached£586,588
Semi-detached£348,205
Terraced£286,892
Flat£182,646

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,266 average monthly rent 2% YoY

  • 1 bed £900
  • 2 bed £1,147
  • 3 bed £1,432

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

10.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.8 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Morrisons (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches25
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

160,151 residents in Wealden · 192/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 254 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,728 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,220)

A £1,819
B £2,122
C £2,425
D £2,728
E £3,335
F £3,941
G £4,547
H £5,457

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

71 schools · 21,298 pupils

51 primary · 5 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 17 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

61inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Beacon AcademyOutstanding
  • Uckfield CollegeOutstanding
  • Heathfield Community CollegeGood
  • Uplands Academy
  • Willingdon Community School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wealden

Care & health services

703 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes298
  • GP practices80
  • Dentists142
  • Homecare agencies108
  • Hospitals & hospices24

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · East Sussex

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

296 applications decided

84.5% granted · 250 granted, 46 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Ms Nusrat Ghani

Conservative

Sussex Weald

Recent votes:

  • AyeKing's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (h)
  • NoCriminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 91
  • NoCriminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 59
  • NoCriminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 44

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

  • Lab 2
  • Con 9
  • LD 11
  • Grn 11
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 10

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,520 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

230 jobs advertised · £37,614 avg

e.g. Nursery Practitioner Level 2, Radiology Department Assistant, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£866 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,270 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 75,732 certificates

10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

23% low-carbon electricity

Gas 64% · Imports 12% · Wind 11% · Nuclear 7%

265 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sussex Weald:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Crowborough Community Church · 0.2 km

    Crowborough Community Church is an Evangelical church in the town of Crowborough in East Sussex, England. Although it is now associated with the Newfrontiers charismatic Evangelical movement, for most of its existence…

  • Pratt's Mill, Crowborough · 0.2 km

    Pratt's Mill is a tower mill at Crowborough, Sussex, England which has been truncated and converted to residential accommodation.

  • Crowborough · 0.3 km

    Crowborough is a town and civil parish in East Sussex, England, in the Weald at the edge of Ashdown Forest and the highest town in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

  • Beacon Academy, Crowborough · 0.9 km

    Beacon Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Crowborough in the English county of East Sussex.

  • A26 road · 0.9 km

    The A26 road is a primary route in the southeast of England, going from Maidstone to Newhaven through the counties of Kent and East Sussex. The road is mostly single carriageway, with one lane in each direction, altho…

  • St John's, Crowborough · 1.3 km

    St John's is a village in the north of Crowborough, in the Wealden district, in the county of East Sussex, England. It lies about 0.9 miles (1.4 km) from Crowborough town centre in the ecclesiastical parish of Withyha…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Crowborough?
Crowborough is a town in East Sussex, England, in the Wealden local authority.
What is the population of Crowborough?
Crowborough has an approximate settlement population of 21,688.
How deprived is Crowborough?
The Wealden local authority, which includes Crowborough, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.