# Thornton Town in Wyre, North West. Thornton is a town in Wyre, North West. Median sale price £182,750 in 2025. Recorded crime 64.6 per 1,000 people. About 20,423 people. Town. Code E63000699. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wyre](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre) Thornton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Thornton 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: £182,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Thornton was £182,750 in 2025. 156th cheapest 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/thornton#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 19,263** (2021). Thornton had 19,263 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 568th most 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/thornton#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Thornton 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/thornton#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.3%** (January 2026). In Thornton, 96.3% 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/thornton#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000699) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Thornton 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=E63000699) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 410 homes were sold in Thornton in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000699) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Thornton. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000699) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Thornton had 19,263 usual residents at the census. ## How Thornton compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Thornton | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £182,750 | 38th cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 | | Population | 19,263 | 68th least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.3% | joint 64th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Thornton safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thornton at a rate of 64.6 per 1,000 people. That compares with 92.4 per 1,000 people across North West. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 139 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thornton. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (560), anti-social behaviour (262) and other crime (185). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Thornton was 68.6 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 Thornton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Thornton has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Thornton | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Wyre 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025557) | 1,469 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% | | [Wyre 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025542) | 1,778 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% | | [Wyre 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025541) | 2,431 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.1% | | [Wyre 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025543) | 1,710 | 77.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% | | [Wyre 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025544) | 1,375 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.9% | | [Wyre 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025576) | 2,406 | 98.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.8% | | [Wyre 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025577) | 1,421 | 110.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.7% | | [Wyre 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025594) | 1,483 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% | | [Wyre 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025595) | 1,428 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.1% | | [Wyre 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025596) | 2,105 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.4% | | [Wyre 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/neighbourhood/e01025597) | 1,060 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% | ## Your MP - [Blackpool North and Fleetwood](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blackpool-north-and-fleetwood): Lorraine Beavers (Labour), 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 [Wyre](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre) ## Postcode districts covering Thornton [FY5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/fy5) ## Middle areas in Thornton [Thornton East & Carleton West](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/thornton-east-and-carleton-west), [Thornton West](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre/thornton-west) ## Towns near Thornton [Fleetwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/fleetwood), [Cleveleys](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cleveleys), [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool), [Poulton-le-Fylde](https://openindex.co.uk/town/poulton-le-fylde), [Lytham St Anne's](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lytham-st-annes), [Kirkham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kirkham) ## Thornton in brief Thornton is a town in Wyre, North West. About 20,423 people lived in Thornton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £182,750 in 2025 across 410 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Thornton was £182,750 in 2025. Thornton had 19,263 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Thornton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Thornton, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000699 - Constituency: [Blackpool North and Fleetwood †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blackpool-north-and-fleetwood) - Council: [Wyre †](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre) - Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 6.18 km² - People, mid-2024: 20,423* - Neighbourhoods: 11 - Output areas: 67 * 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 [Cleveleys](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cleveleys), [Fleetwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/fleetwood), [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool), [Poulton-le-Fylde](https://openindex.co.uk/town/poulton-le-fylde), [Lytham St Anne's](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lytham-st-annes), [Kirkham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kirkham) ## Latest updates for Thornton - 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/E63000699 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornton, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornton#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/thornton