Tinsley Green
Tinsley Green is a town or village in West Sussex, England. It has around 5 restaurants and cafés, 10 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Gatwick Airport, 1.8 km away. There were around 70 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 Tinsley Green 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
9°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 12° / 8° · 36% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:33
9h 38m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
87US AQI · Moderate
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
59 reported · August 2026▼ 2% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences28
- Anti-social behaviour11
- Vehicle crime5
- Criminal damage & arson3
5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Pound Hill · Sussex
Local policing priorities
- Antisocial Driving - Speeding
- Antisocial Behaviour (ASB)
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
253 food businesses within 2 miles
- 218 rated 4–5 ★ (203 top)
- 2 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Gatwick Airport (1.8 km)
- 10 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Gatwick Airport (1.7 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: 156.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
7 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
46 charging locations within ~8 km
- 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: Nestlé-Gatwick (1.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Swimming pools6
- Sports pitches11
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds7
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
- Not in the Green Belt
- 14 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
Your MP
Peter Lamb
Labour
Crawley
Recent votes:
- AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
- NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
- AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Labour majority
- Lab 21
- Con 4
- Ref 11
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools3
- Parks & greens74
- Restaurants & cafés6
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,690 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
22 jobs advertised · £34,829 avg
e.g. Kitchen Porter, General Manager, Software Developer (all levels) - Distributed Simulation Technology (UK)
Source: Adzuna
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
Grid electricity
51% low-carbon electricity
Wind 39% · Gas 29% · Imports 21% · Nuclear 8%
131 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity
Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO
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
15 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in RH10
- Woodlands&Clerklands Partnership
- Saxonbrook Medical Centre
- Modality Mid Sussex
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
Tinsley Green · 0.6 kmTinsley Green is an area in the Borough of Crawley, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Originally a hamlet in the parish of Worth, it was absorbed by the New Town of Crawley…
- Forge Wood · 0.8 km
Forge Wood is the 14th residential neighbourhood in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex. The 1,900 houses and other facilities will be built on open land in the northeast of the borough, adjoining the ancient v…
Pound Hill & Worth (electoral division) · 0.9 kmPound Hill & Worth is an electoral division of West Sussex in England, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.
City Place Gatwick · 1.1 kmCity Place Gatwick is an office complex located on the property of London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, England. The complex includes four buildings: The Beehive, an approximately 20,000-square-foot (1,900…
- Beehive, Gatwick Airport · 1.1 km
The Beehive is the original terminal building at Gatwick Airport, England. Opened in 1936, it became obsolete in the 1950s as the airport expanded. In 2008 it was converted into serviced offices, operated by Orega, ha…
Gatwick Airport Up sidings · 1.2 kmGatwick Airport Up sidings are located near London Gatwick Airport, Crawley, England, situated on the Brighton Main Line south of Gatwick Airport station. The sidings are accessed from the Up Platform Loop line.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tinsley Green?
- Tinsley Green is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Crawley local authority.
- How deprived is Tinsley Green?
- The Crawley local authority, which includes Tinsley Green, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.