Thornley & Wheatley Hill
Middle areaEast County Durham. 7,373 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 13 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 7% of people in Thornley & Wheatley Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Thornley & Wheatley Hill
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thornley & Wheatley Hill at a rate of 153.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 120.3 per 1,000 people across County Durham.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 294 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 209 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 206 |
| Shoplifting | 154 |
| Other crime | 149 |
| Burglary | 50 |
| Vehicle crime | 41 |
| Drug offences | 19 |
| Robbery | 5 |
| Theft from the person | 4 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Thornley & Wheatley Hill compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Thornley & Wheatley Hill safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thornley & Wheatley Hill at a rate of 153.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 120.3 per 1,000 people across County Durham.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 107 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thornley & Wheatley Hill.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (294), anti-social behaviour (209) and criminal damage and arson (206).
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 County Durham
These figures are published for the whole of County Durham, not for each middle area, so they describe all of County Durham and not Thornley & Wheatley Hill alone. See County Durham
Thornley & Wheatley Hill in brief
The median price paid for a home in Thornley & Wheatley Hill was £120,000 in 2025.
Thornley & Wheatley Hill had 7,186 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in Thornley & Wheatley Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Thornley & Wheatley Hill, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.