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Crayford

Ward

South east Bexley. About 16,865 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 95% of people in Crayford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
16,285
Joint 545th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
95%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Crayford compares

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

CrayfordMiddle
Population17 wards, Bexley · 2021
Population: every ward in Bexley17 areas from 10,082 to 17,692. The middle area is 15,617. Crayford is 16,285.
16,2854th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Bexley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Bexley17 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 30.0%. Crayford is 95.0%.
95%3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Bexley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Bexley17 areas from 83.7% to 98.7%. The middle area is 95.5%. Crayford is 95.8%.
95.8%8th highest
Claimant rate17 wards, Bexley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Bexley17 areas from 1.8% to 5.9%. The middle area is 3.0%. Crayford is 3.7%.
3.7%6th highest

Is Crayford safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Crayford at a rate of 87.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 78.1 per 1,000 people across Bexley.

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

In August 2026 alone, 114 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Crayford.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (399), anti-social behaviour (309) and other crime (207).

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 Bexley

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

Average house price
£414,833
Up 1.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,969
65th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.4×
Joint 70th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.3
Joint 102nd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Crayford in brief

Crayford had 16,285 usual residents at the census.

About 95% of people in Crayford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Crayford, 95.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Crayford, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.