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Thorntree

Middle area

North east Middlesbrough. 10,086 people in 2.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 22% of people in Thorntree live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£105,000
Joint 70th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,792
Joint 1,327th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
22%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Thorntree

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thorntree at a rate of 209.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 190.9 per 1,000 people across Middlesbrough.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences643
Shoplifting391
Criminal damage and arson333
Other crime314
Anti-social behaviour186
Burglary74
Drug offences71
Robbery56
Vehicle crime38
Theft from the person2

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Thorntree compares

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

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Median sale price19 middle areas, Middlesbrough · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Middlesbrough19 areas from £70,000 to £277,500. The middle area is £138,000. Thorntree is £105,000.
£105,000joint 5th cheapest
Population19 middle areas, Middlesbrough · 2021
Population: every middle area in Middlesbrough19 areas from 5,143 to 11,864. The middle area is 6,835. Thorntree is 9,792.
9,7924th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 middle areas, Middlesbrough · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Middlesbrough19 areas from 0.0% to 34.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Thorntree is 22.0%.
22%2nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 middle areas, Middlesbrough · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Middlesbrough19 areas from 73.6% to 99.9%. The middle area is 97.7%. Thorntree is 99.7%.
99.7%joint 3rd highest

Is Thorntree safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thorntree at a rate of 209.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 190.9 per 1,000 people across Middlesbrough.

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

In August 2026 alone, 167 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thorntree.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (643), shoplifting (391) and criminal damage and arson (333).

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 Middlesbrough

These figures are published for the whole of Middlesbrough, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Middlesbrough and not Thorntree alone. See Middlesbrough

Average house price
£140,909
Up 3.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,177
68th lowest 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
40.0
2nd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Thorntree in brief

The median price paid for a home in Thorntree was £105,000 in 2025.

Thorntree had 9,792 usual residents at the census.

About 22% of people in Thorntree live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Thorntree, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.