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Thornaby-on-Tees

Town

Town in Stockton-on-Tees, North East.

Thornaby-on-Tees is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Thornaby-on-Tees add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Thornaby-on-Tees live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£129,995
14th cheapest of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
23,352
476th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Thornaby-on-Tees compares

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

Thornaby-on-TeesMiddle
Median sale price60 towns, North East · 2025
Median sale price: every town in North East60 areas from £75,000 to £478,000. The middle area is £161,500. Thornaby-on-Tees is £129,995.
£129,9957th cheapest
Population60 towns, North East · 2021
Population: every town in North East60 areas from 7,544 to 286,472. The middle area is 20,076. Thornaby-on-Tees is 23,352.
23,35227th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares60 towns, North East · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in North East60 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 38.0%. Thornaby-on-Tees is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage60 towns, North East · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in North East60 areas from 17.0% to 98.8%. The middle area is 94.2%. Thornaby-on-Tees is 93.3%.
93.3%25th lowest

Is Thornaby-on-Tees safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thornaby-on-Tees at a rate of 254.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 115.6 per 1,000 people across North East.

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

In August 2026 alone, 615 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thornaby-on-Tees.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (2,361), violence and sexual offences (1,331) and anti-social behaviour (761).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Thornaby-on-Tees was 181.2 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in Thornaby-on-Tees, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Thornaby-on-Tees has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in Thornaby-on-Tees

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Stockton-on-Tees 017A1,082270.4 per 1,000185.8%
Stockton-on-Tees 017B1,807919.7 per 1,000284.8%
Stockton-on-Tees 017C1,238196.2 per 1,0001100.0%
Stockton-on-Tees 017D1,237528.2 per 1,000289.3%
Stockton-on-Tees 018A1,563586.9 per 1,000196.7%
Stockton-on-Tees 018B2,47878.7 per 1,000399.9%
Stockton-on-Tees 018C1,69065.5 per 1,000493.2%
Stockton-on-Tees 018D1,41658.1 per 1,0008100.0%
Stockton-on-Tees 019A1,89453.2 per 1,000697.7%
Stockton-on-Tees 019B1,856110.5 per 1,000296.1%
Stockton-on-Tees 019C2,048102.3 per 1,000496.5%
Stockton-on-Tees 020A1,143161.4 per 1,000289.3%
Stockton-on-Tees 020B1,219180.4 per 1,000186.2%
Stockton-on-Tees 020C1,433447.8 per 1,000188.0%
Stockton-on-Tees 020D1,24684.3 per 1,000499.9%

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Middle areas in Thornaby-on-Tees4

Towns near Thornaby-on-Tees6

Thornaby-on-Tees in brief

Thornaby-on-Tees is a town in Stockton-on-Tees, North East.

About 24,723 people lived in Thornaby-on-Tees in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £129,995 in 2025 across 269 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 254.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in Thornaby-on-Tees was £129,995 in 2025.

Thornaby-on-Tees had 23,352 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Thornaby-on-Tees live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Thornaby-on-Tees, 93.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.