Crossakeel, Co. Meath scores 57/100 for quality of life, #72 of the 108 Irish areas BuyerIQ ranks, and its fundamentals are rated “stagnating”. The median home sells for €250,000 (most €235,000–€295,000), it scores 74/100 for safety (40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents), 218 people live here. It's strongest on affordability and environment, weakest on transport & services.
Updated September 2026 · Property Price Register + 20+ official sources, refreshed daily
About average today — improving in absolute terms, but falling behind the national trend.
These seven scores and the 57/100 are measured across the A82 Eircode area, not Crossakeel alone — an area that takes in much of MEATH. A strong or weak pocket inside it can read very differently from the area average.
Ranked on quality of life alone — cost of living excluded, so the genuinely best areas rank top even though they cost more. Factor in price and Crossakeel is #66 of 108 for value for money (most quality of life per euro).
The score is for the A82 Eircode area; the crime rate is recorded per Garda division (Cavan/Monaghan). Neither is measured for Crossakeel on its own.
218 people.
Population is for Crossakeel itself (Census 2022, Small-Area boundary).
Not ranked: under 2,000 residents, one pub swings the per-head figure too far.
Census profile and the affluence rating are Electoral Division figures — the CSO/Pobal area around Crossakeel, which is why this unemployment rate can differ from the one behind the quality-of-life scores above (those are Eircode-area wide).
Crossakeel, Co. Meath, scores 57/100 on BuyerIQ's Quality of Life composite (cost of living excluded) — #72 of the 108 areas we rank. It's strongest on affordability and environment.
Crossakeel scores 74/100 on safety, ~40.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.
The median sale price in Crossakeel over the last 24 months was €250,000, with most sales between €235,000 and €295,000 (Property Price Register, rolling 24 months).
The median sale price in Crossakeel over the last 24 months was €250,000, most between €235,000 and €295,000 (Property Price Register).
Crossakeel is rated "Stagnating" — unemployment fell just 1 points — lagging the national fall.
Crossakeel scores 83/100 for families and community.
Crossakeel scores 42/100 for schools and education.
Crossakeel is about 65 minutes by road from Dublin.
Sale prices from the Property Price Register (rolling 24 months). Quality of Life averages seven equal-weighted dimensions from 40+ metrics across 13 public datasets (CSO census + SAPS, Garda crime, SEAI, EPA, DES schools, GTFS). Population is CSO Census 2022; the “on the up” trajectory compares 2016→2022. Figures refresh daily · an area assessment, not advice on a specific property. Updated September 2026.