Shipley Bridge

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:33

9h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

87US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

• 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

40 reported · August 2026▼ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Vehicle crime6

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Pound Hill · Sussex

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

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)

237 food businesses within 2 miles

• 194 rated 4–5 ★ (170 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gatwick Airport (1.7 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£332,097 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Crawley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (11.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

44 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: GATWICK HOUSE GATWICKHOUSE3 (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• 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)

• 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

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

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Crawley

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

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

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

50 applications decided

86% granted · 43 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour majority

• Lab 21
• Con 4
• Ref 11

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens72
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,690 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

7 jobs advertised · £42,770 avg

e.g. Maths Teacher - Specialist SEN School, Live-in Carer - Self Employed, Self-Employed Live-in Carer - Scotland

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

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

• 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

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in RH6

• Wayside Medical Practice
• Modality East Surrey Medical Practice
• Tinsley House Irc

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Crawley:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death404 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases264 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth251 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND193 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK153 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Fernhill, West Sussex · 0.6 km

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  Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 · 0.6 km

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  Tinsley Green · 1.3 km

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  Gatwick Airport Up sidings · 1.5 km

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  Gatwick Airport railway station · 1.7 km

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  Forge Wood · 1.7 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)