# Thurnscoe

Town in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Thurnscoe is a town in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £174,995 in 2025. Recorded crime 109.0 per 1,000 people. About 9,705 people.

Town. Code E63001178. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley)

Thurnscoe is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Thurnscoe 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: £174,995** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Thurnscoe was £174,995 in 2025. Joint 124th 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/thurnscoe#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 9,133** (2021). Thurnscoe had 9,133 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 168th 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/thurnscoe#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Thurnscoe 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/thurnscoe#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.1%** (January 2026). In Thurnscoe, 96.1% 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/thurnscoe#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001178) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Thurnscoe 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=E63001178) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 176 homes were sold in Thurnscoe in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001178) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Thurnscoe.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001178) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Thurnscoe had 9,133 usual residents at the census.

## How Thurnscoe compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Thurnscoe | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £174,995 | 28th cheapest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 9,133 | 15th least populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.1% | joint 54th lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is Thurnscoe safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thurnscoe at a rate of 109.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 96 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thurnscoe.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (405), other crime (158) and anti-social behaviour (150).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Thurnscoe was 98.5 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 Thurnscoe, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

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

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

## Neighbourhoods in Thurnscoe

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Barnsley 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007372) | 1,693 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| [Barnsley 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007373) | 1,731 | 146.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| [Barnsley 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007374) | 1,329 | 88.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| [Barnsley 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007375) | 1,733 | 110.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| [Barnsley 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007377) | 1,406 | 102.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| [Barnsley 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007378) | 1,625 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.8% |

## Your MP

- [Barnsley South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/barnsley-south): Stephanie Peacock (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

[Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley)

## Postcode districts covering Thurnscoe

[S63](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s63)

## Middle areas in Thurnscoe

[Thurnscoe](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/thurnscoe)

## Towns near Thurnscoe

[Wath upon Dearne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wath-upon-dearne), [South Elmsall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-elmsall), [South Kirkby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby), [Mexborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mexborough), [Wombwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wombwell), [Swinton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swinton-rotherham)

## Thurnscoe in brief

Thurnscoe is a town in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 9,705 people lived in Thurnscoe in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £174,995 in 2025 across 176 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 109.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Thurnscoe was £174,995 in 2025.
Thurnscoe had 9,133 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Thurnscoe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Thurnscoe, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001178
- Constituency: [Barnsley South †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/barnsley-south)
- Council: [Barnsley †](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley)
- Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 2.57 km²
- People, mid-2024: 9,705*
- Neighbourhoods: 6
- Output areas: 30

* 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

[Wath upon Dearne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wath-upon-dearne), [South Elmsall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-elmsall), [South Kirkby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby), [Mexborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mexborough), [Wombwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wombwell), [Swinton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swinton-rotherham)

## Latest updates for Thurnscoe

- 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/E63001178

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/thurnscoe, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/thurnscoe#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/thurnscoe
