England · Local authority · West Sussex
Crawley
At current death rates, a boy born in Crawley can expect to live 80.2 years and a girl 84.1: 0.7 years above England for men and 0.8 years above England for women. Since 2011–13, male life expectancy has risen by 0.3 years.
- Men, at birth
- 80.2
- Women, at birth
- 84.1
- Healthy years, men
- 63.1
- Healthy years, women
- 64.5
95% CI 79.5–80.8
+0.7 years vs England
95% CI 83.4–84.7
+0.8 years vs England
95% CI 60.4–65.7 · West Sussex
+2.2 years vs England
95% CI 61.6–67.4 · West Sussex
+3.2 years vs England
Over time
Life expectancy at birth since 2001–03, with the 95% interval, against England (dashed) and the UK (grey).
Men
2022–24: 80.2 · England 79.5
Women
2022–24: 84.1 · England 83.3
Among 359 local authorities
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Men
135thof 359
1st = longest life expectancy
Women
112thof 359
1st = longest life expectancy
Healthy and not
Years expected in good health, and the rest, at birth in 2022–24. Healthy life expectancy is published for West Sussex, not the district.
Men
Women
Good or very good healthNot in good health
Deprivation
Crawley is in the 5th most deprived tenth of English local authorities by IMD 2025 score. These are the others in the same tenth, sorted by male life expectancy.
Ranked 126 of 296 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (1 = most deprived).
Men Women
- Barnet
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Redbridge
- West Devon
- East Suffolk
- Ashford
- Crawley
- Somerset
- Havant
- North Norfolk
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Hillingdon
- Canterbury
- Breckland
- Redditch
- Forest of Dean
- Bedford
- Arun
- Brighton and Hove
- Newark and Sherwood
- Tamworth
- Cannock Chase
- Thurrock
- South Holland
- Wyre
- North Warwickshire
- Erewash
- Worcester
- North Tyneside
Local circumstances
Latest OHID figures against England (grey tick). The shaded band is the middle half of English local authorities; teal is better than England, red worse. These travel with life expectancy but don't explain it on their own.
Smoking
2024
16.8%vs 10.4%
higher than 96% of areas
Obesity
2024/25
30.4%vs 26.6%
higher than 71% of areas
Physical inactivity
2024/25
27.4%vs 21.8%
higher than 85% of areas
Alcohol admissions
per 100,000, 2023/24
618vs 612
higher than 64% of areas
Deprivation score
2025
20.8vs 21.8
higher than 58% of areas
Child poverty
2024/25
18.8%vs 19.8%
higher than 61% of areas
Unemployment
2025
3.6%vs 4.5%
lower than 62% of areas
Fuel poverty
2024
7.2%vs 10.0%
lower than 94% of areas
Air pollution deaths
2024
5.3%vs 5.3%
higher than 56% of areas
Deaths, age-standardised per 100,000
Cardiovascular, under 75
per 100,000, 2023–25
68vs 74
lower than 55% of areas
Cancer, under 75
per 100,000, 2023–25
112vs 118
lower than 58% of areas
Respiratory, under 75
per 100,000, 2023–25
34vs 33
higher than 64% of areas
Liver disease, under 75
per 100,000, 2023–25
20vs 20
higher than 57% of areas
Drug misuse
per 100,000, 2022–24
3.0vs 5.8
lower than 92% of areas
Suicide
per 100,000, 2022–24
9.3vs 11.0
lower than 69% of areas
Avoidable deaths
Deaths under 75 that could mostly have been avoided through prevention or timely treatment, 2022–24, persons, per 100,000.
avoidable
224
England 234 · −4%
preventable
141
England 151 · −6%
treatable
83
England 83 · +0%
Period life expectancy summarises death rates in 2022–24; it isn't a forecast. Sources: ONS, OHID Fingertips (fetched 2026-09-24), MHCLG. Methods
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