Copthorne

21°CCloudy

• Today: 23° / 13° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Honor Oak Park, United Kingdom

37 reported · July 2026▼ 18% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour14
• Violence & sexual offences11
• Other theft5
• Public order3

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Copthorne, Worth, Crawley Down and Turners Hill · Sussex

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

271 reported road collisions (2024)

63 killed or seriously injured · 368 casualties · 22.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

69 food businesses within 2 miles

• 60 rated 4–5 ★ (53 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gatwick Airport (3.6 km)
• 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£338,311 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Crawley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,486 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £1,065
• 2 bed £1,384
• 3 bed £1,639

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (5.2 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

49 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: GATWICK HOUSE GATWICKHOUSE3 (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches17
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

118,493 residents in Crawley · 2,635/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 136 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

37 schools · 20,758 pupils

25 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 11 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

34inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Crawley

988 CQC-registered services

• Care homes343
• GP practices106
• Dentists219
• Homecare agencies210
• Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

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

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

54 applications decided

87% granted · 47 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mims Davies

Conservative

East Grinstead and Uckfield

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 21
• Con 4
• Ref 11

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens18
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

27 jobs advertised · £42,812 avg

e.g. Second Chef, Head Housekeeper, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Copthorne – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£762 median full-time weekly pay

4.5% 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

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Imports 36% · Solar 26% · Wind 26% · Gas 9%

53 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Grinstead and Uckfield:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership445 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership418 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office357 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s310 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test275 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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