# Thornbury Town in South Gloucestershire, South West. Thornbury is a town in South Gloucestershire, South West. Median sale price £341,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 70.4 per 1,000 people. About 15,120 people. Town. Code E63004776. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) Thornbury is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Thornbury 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. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £341,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Thornbury was £341,000 in 2025. 301st most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornbury#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 14,483** (2021). Thornbury had 14,483 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 486th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornbury#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Thornbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornbury#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.5%** (January 2026). In Thornbury, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornbury#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63004776) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Thornbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=E63004776) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 239 homes were sold in Thornbury in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63004776) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Thornbury. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63004776) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Thornbury had 14,483 usual residents at the census. ## How Thornbury compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Thornbury | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £341,000 | 24th most expensive | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 14,483 | 57th least populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.5% | joint 47th highest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Thornbury safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thornbury at a rate of 70.4 per 1,000 people. That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thornbury. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (470), other crime (193) and anti-social behaviour (176). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Thornbury was 63.7 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 Thornbury, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Thornbury has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Thornbury | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [South Gloucestershire 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014985) | 1,307 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [South Gloucestershire 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014986) | 1,678 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.0% | | [South Gloucestershire 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014987) | 2,458 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% | | [South Gloucestershire 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014988) | 1,734 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.5% | | [South Gloucestershire 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014989) | 2,260 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.9% | | [South Gloucestershire 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014990) | 1,458 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% | | [South Gloucestershire 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014991) | 2,195 | 165.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 75.5% | | [South Gloucestershire 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014992) | 1,432 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% | | [South Gloucestershire 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/neighbourhood/e01014993) | 1,636 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.3% | ## Your MP - [Thornbury and Yate](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thornbury-and-yate): Claire Young (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) ## Postcode districts covering Thornbury [BS35](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs35) ## Middle areas in Thornbury [Thornbury North](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/thornbury-north), [Thornbury South](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire/thornbury-south) ## Towns near Thornbury [Yate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yate), [Bradley Stoke](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradley-stoke), [Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/frampton-cotterell-and-winterbourne), [Patchway](https://openindex.co.uk/town/patchway), [Filton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/filton), [Chipping Sodbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chipping-sodbury) ## Thornbury in brief Thornbury is a town in South Gloucestershire, South West. About 15,120 people lived in Thornbury in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £341,000 in 2025 across 239 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 70.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Thornbury was £341,000 in 2025. Thornbury had 14,483 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Thornbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Thornbury, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63004776 - Constituency: [Thornbury and Yate †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thornbury-and-yate) - Council: [South Gloucestershire †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) - Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.15 km² - People, mid-2024: 15,120* - Neighbourhoods: 9 - Output areas: 47 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Yate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yate), [Bradley Stoke](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradley-stoke), [Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/frampton-cotterell-and-winterbourne), [Patchway](https://openindex.co.uk/town/patchway), [Filton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/filton), [Chipping Sodbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chipping-sodbury) ## Latest updates for Thornbury - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004776 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornbury, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornbury#f-house-sales-median-price. 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