Crawley population, 2001–2024
Crawley has an estimated population of 124,008 (mid-2024), up 23.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Crawley local authority area.
124,008
population, mid-2024
+23.5%
since 2001
+11.2%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (124,008)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 124,008 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 122,655 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 119,959 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 118,607 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 117,793 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 117,144 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 116,472 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 115,083 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 114,243 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 112,952 | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 111,522 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 110,190 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 108,974 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 107,053 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 105,478 | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 103,843 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 102,827 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 101,610 | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 100,746 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 99,703 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 98,887 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 98,712 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 99,195 | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 100,440 | — |
Food businesses
Crawley has 66 takeaways, 169 restaurants and cafés and 48 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.39 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.3 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Crawley local authority area (code E07000226), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.