Thornton East & Carleton West
Middle areaWest Wyre. 9,345 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Thornton East & Carleton West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Thornton East & Carleton West
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thornton East & Carleton West at a rate of 41.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 76.6 per 1,000 people across Wyre.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 161 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 81 |
| Other crime | 66 |
| Vehicle crime | 34 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 17 |
| Burglary | 9 |
| Shoplifting | 8 |
| Drug offences | 5 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Thornton East & Carleton West compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Thornton East & Carleton West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thornton East & Carleton West at a rate of 41.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 76.6 per 1,000 people across Wyre.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 25 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thornton East & Carleton West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (161), anti-social behaviour (81) and other crime (66).
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 Wyre
These figures are published for the whole of Wyre, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Wyre and not Thornton East & Carleton West alone. See Wyre
Thornton East & Carleton West in brief
The median price paid for a home in Thornton East & Carleton West was £225,000 in 2025.
Thornton East & Carleton West had 8,795 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Thornton East & Carleton West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Thornton East & Carleton West, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.