Hightown & Thornton
Middle areaSouth Sefton. 9,454 people in 17 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Hightown & Thornton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Hightown & Thornton
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hightown & Thornton at a rate of 73.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.8 per 1,000 people across Sefton.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 259 |
| Other crime | 128 |
| Shoplifting | 89 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 87 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 65 |
| Drug offences | 30 |
| Burglary | 21 |
| Vehicle crime | 16 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Hightown & Thornton compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hightown & Thornton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hightown & Thornton at a rate of 73.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.8 per 1,000 people across Sefton.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 55 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hightown & Thornton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (259), other crime (128) and shoplifting (89).
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 Sefton
These figures are published for the whole of Sefton, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Sefton and not Hightown & Thornton alone. See Sefton
Hightown & Thornton in brief
The median price paid for a home in Hightown & Thornton was £313,248 in 2025.
Hightown & Thornton had 9,283 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Hightown & Thornton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hightown & Thornton, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.