Burstow
Burstow is a village in West Sussex, England. It has one school and four restaurants or cafés, and the nearest railway station is Gatwick Airport, 1.8 km away. There were around 14 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Burstow area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Crawley area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 118,493 residents at roughly 2,635 people per km².
- Council
- Crawley
- County
- West Sussex
- Constituency
- Crawley
- Police force
- Sussex
My Area Score
Challenged
Ranked 249th of 294 English council areas — better than 15% of them.
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
12°CPartly Cloudy
- Today: 12° / 8° · 39% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:33
9h 38m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
42US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
19 reported · August 2026▲ 90% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences7
- Anti-social behaviour5
- Drugs2
- Robbery2
4 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons
Neighbourhood team: Smallfield, Burstow, Horne and Outwood · Surrey
Local policing priorities
- All crime relating to our rural communities including poaching, fly grazing and fly tipping.
- Anti-Social driving involving E-Bikes and E-Scooters in the local area causing alarm and distress to other road users and pedestrians.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
211 reported road collisions (2025)
52 killed or seriously injured · 289 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
142 food businesses within 2 miles
- 117 rated 4–5 ★ (101 top)
- 4 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Gatwick Airport (2.5 km)
- 4 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Gatwick Airport (2.5 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£332,097 average▲ 1.5% YoY
Across Crawley · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,488 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY
- 1 bed £1,067
- 2 bed £1,385
- 3 bed £1,642
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
8.5× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 8.5 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
1,069 property sales in the last 12 months
12 months to May 2026
A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.
Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (11.7 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (11.7 km)
8 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
44 charging locations within ~8 km
- 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: GATWICK HOUSE GATWICKHOUSE3 (0.9 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools9
- Sports pitches21
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
118,493 residents in Crawley · 2,635/km²
- Under 16: 21%
- 16–64: 66%
- 65+: 13%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,980
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,897
- Net moves−917
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
More deprived than the average in England
Ranked 109 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,418 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (48% of 47,280)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
37 schools · 20,758 pupils
25 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other
Ofsted: 11 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)
34 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Hazelwick SchoolOutstanding
- Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, CrawleyGood
- Thomas Bennett Community CollegeGood
- Ifield Community College
- Oriel High School
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Crawley
Care & health services
991 CQC-registered services
- Care homes342
- GP practices107
- Dentists220
- Homecare agencies210
- Hospitals & hospices37
CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding
Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex
Heritage & planning
- In a conservation area (BURSTOW)
- Within the Green Belt
- 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
50 applications decided
86% granted · 43 granted, 7 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Council control
Labour majority
- Lab 21
- Con 4
- Ref 11
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools2
- Parks & greens57
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,690 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
£762 median full-time weekly pay
4.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£22,788 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
56% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: C · 45,126 certificates
7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (West Sussex): 64.5 women · 63.1 men
70% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.6
- Feeling worthwhile8.2
- Happiness yesterday7.0
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in RH6
- Wayside Medical Practice
- Modality East Surrey Medical Practice
- Tinsley House Irc
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Surrey:
- Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death695 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND273 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission238 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases237 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks224 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
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Copthorne, West Sussex · 2.0 kmCopthorne is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies close to Gatwick Airport, 25.5 miles (41 km) south of London, 21.5 miles (35 km) north of Brighton, and 36 miles (58 km) northeast of…
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- Copthorne Preparatory School · 2.6 km
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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Burstow?
- Burstow is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Crawley local authority.
- How deprived is Burstow?
- The Crawley local authority, which includes Burstow, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.