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Throston

Ward

North east Hartlepool. About 8,436 people in 2.2 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 Throston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,254
Joint 3,281st most 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
99.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Throston compares

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

ThrostonMiddle
Population12 wards, Hartlepool · 2021
Population: every ward in Hartlepool12 areas from 6,381 to 8,539. The middle area is 7,639. Throston is 8,254.
8,2542nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares12 wards, Hartlepool · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Hartlepool12 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 27.0%. Throston is 62.0%.
62%4th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage12 wards, Hartlepool · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Hartlepool12 areas from 87.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.8%. Throston is 99.3%.
99.3%5th highest
Claimant rate12 wards, Hartlepool · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Hartlepool12 areas from 1.5% to 6.9%. The middle area is 4.7%. Throston is 4.5%.
4.5%5th lowest

Is Throston safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Throston at a rate of 153.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 161.2 per 1,000 people across Hartlepool.

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

In August 2026 alone, 115 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Throston.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (468), other crime (222) and shoplifting (180).

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 Hartlepool

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

Average house price
£136,894
Up 5.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£31,871
8th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.3×
Joint 19th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
37.6
6th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Throston in brief

Throston had 8,254 usual residents at the census.

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

In Throston, 99.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Throston, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.