Crap Towns / Crawley / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Crawley?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Crawley couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 80 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 80 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 563 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 47,341 | 91.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Crawley Down | 7.2 km | 1.9 |
| Crawley | – | 1.1 |
| South Merstham | 16.0 km | 0.9 |
| Reigate | 13.7 km | 0.6 |
| Redhill | 12.7 km | 0.6 |
| Broadbridge Heath | 14.0 km | 0.5 |
| Horley | 6.6 km | 0.5 |
| Haywards Heath | 14.1 km | 0.3 |
| East Grinstead | 11.8 km | 0.2 |
| Southwater | 15.2 km | 0.2 |
| Horsham | 11.1 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |