Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Crawley (July 2026)
The average private rent in Crawley is £1,486 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £338,311 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 5.3%, ranked 51 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Crawley
The average private rent across all property types is £1,486 a month (+3.1% on a year earlier). The regional median in the South East is £1,355.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £1,065 | £12,780 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,384 | £16,608 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,639 | £19,668 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £2,258 | £27,096 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Crawley: one to two bedrooms adds 30% to the rent, two to three adds 18.4% and three to four-plus adds 37.8% (England-and-Wales medians 27.3%, 20.9% and 40.9%). The biggest step here is three to four or more bedrooms — the size where an extra room earns most, and the first place to look when comparing a conversion against its cost.
House prices in Crawley
The average price paid is £338,311 (+4.5% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £677,491 |
| Semi-detached | £433,544 |
| Terraced | £348,233 |
| Flat | £215,038 |
Rents and prices moved together in Crawley — +3.1% and +4.5% over the year — so the gross yield on offer is roughly where it was twelve months ago. Crawley ranks 204th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 97th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Crawley
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £1,384 | £215,038 | 7.7% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £1,639 | £348,233 | 5.6% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £1,639 | £433,544 | 4.5% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £2,258 | £677,491 | 4% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Crawley is on flats at 7.7%, against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type; the weakest is detached. Gross figures ignore service charges, which usually make flats the thinnest net yield of the four.
What that means for a landlord
- Gross yield 5.3% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 51 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 4.3%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £44,580 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 23% of EPCs lodged in Crawley over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 21% at D (EPC ratings in Crawley).
- Council tax: Band D in Crawley is £2,418 for 2026/27, and the council charges a 100% second-home premium (council tax in Crawley).
Lender maths on the averages. At a 5.5% stress rate and 145% rent cover — the common buy-to-let convention — the average rent of £1,486 supports a loan of about £223,599, which is 66.1% of the average price. That falls short of 75% loan-to-value, so a buyer of an average home here needs a larger deposit or a stronger rent to pass the stress test. Both numbers are conventions rather than rules — change them in the stress test.
Run the numbers for Crawley
- Yield calculator with £338,311 and £1,486 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £1,486 a month
- Rental income tax on £17,832 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in the South East
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slough | £1,569 | £352,024 | 5.3% | +2.4% |
| Brighton and Hove | £1,809 | £407,803 | 5.3% | −1.1% |
| Worthing | £1,303 | £296,227 | 5.3% | 0% |
| Reading | £1,573 | £361,243 | 5.2% | +1.9% |
| Hastings | £1,006 | £236,966 | 5.1% | +1.6% |
| Rushmoor | £1,387 | £328,963 | 5.1% | +5.6% |
All 316 areas ranked · council tax in Crawley · EPC ratings in Crawley.
Rents: ONS, Price Index of Private Rents (average monthly private rent by local authority, July 2026). Prices: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (average price, June 2026). Gross yield = rent × 12 ÷ price, our calculation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Rankings and medians are ours, across 316 local authorities.
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£1,486 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 3.1% on a year earlier.
£338,311 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 5.3% gross on the averages — £1,486 rent against a £338,311 price — ranking 51 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 7.7% gross (£1,384 rent on a £215,038 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +3.1% against prices +4.5% over the year — moving together, so yield is broadly stable.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £44,580 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Crawley
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all RH postcodes.