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Tilgate

Ward

South Crawley. About 6,785 people in 2.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Tilgate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,512
Joint 4,001st least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Tilgate compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

TilgateMiddle
Population13 wards, Crawley · 2021
Population: every ward in Crawley13 areas from 6,002 to 11,576. The middle area is 9,485. Tilgate is 6,512.
6,5122nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 wards, Crawley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Crawley13 areas from 0.0% to 10.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Tilgate is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage13 wards, Crawley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Crawley13 areas from 67.1% to 99.9%. The middle area is 93.1%. Tilgate is 97.6%.
97.6%6th highest
Claimant rate13 wards, Crawley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Crawley13 areas from 1.8% to 6.7%. The middle area is 4.6%. Tilgate is 4.6%.
4.6%joint 6th lowest

Is Tilgate safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Tilgate at a rate of 94.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 129.1 per 1,000 people across Crawley.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 58 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Tilgate.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (232), anti-social behaviour (146) and other crime (106).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Crawley

These figures are published for the whole of Crawley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Crawley and not Tilgate alone. See Crawley

Average house price
£332,384
Up 2.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,237
157th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.5×
Joint 105th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
20.8
126th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Tilgate in brief

Tilgate had 6,512 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Tilgate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Tilgate, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Tilgate, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.