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Thursby

Ward

North Cumberland. About 5,184 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 224 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 62% of people in Thursby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,229
Joint 2,927th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
62%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
59.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Thursby compares

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

ThursbyMiddle
Population46 wards, Cumberland · 2021
Population: every ward in Cumberland46 areas from 4,781 to 7,803. The middle area is 5,844. Thursby is 5,229.
5,2297th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares46 wards, Cumberland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Cumberland46 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 50.5%. Thursby is 62.0%.
62%23rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage46 wards, Cumberland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Cumberland46 areas from 39.4% to 99.8%. The middle area is 90.7%. Thursby is 59.8%.
59.8%joint 3rd lowest
Claimant rate46 wards, Cumberland · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Cumberland46 areas from 0.6% to 5.7%. The middle area is 2.4%. Thursby is 1.0%.
1.0%joint 3rd lowest

Is Thursby safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thursby at a rate of 15.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 81.7 per 1,000 people across Cumberland.

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

In August 2026 alone, 4 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thursby.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (29), other crime (12) and anti-social behaviour (4).

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 Cumberland

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

Average house price
£170,966
Up 3.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,461
Joint 93rd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.0×
Joint 8th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.8
95th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Thursby in brief

Thursby had 5,229 usual residents at the census.

About 62% of people in Thursby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Thursby, 59.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Thursby, 1.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.