West Thornton
WardNorth west Croydon. About 20,109 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in West Thornton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Thornton compares
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Is West Thornton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Thornton at a rate of 139.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.0 per 1,000 people across Croydon.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 221 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Thornton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (938), anti-social behaviour (600) and other crime (490).
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 Croydon
These figures are published for the whole of Croydon, not for each ward, so they describe all of Croydon and not West Thornton alone. See Croydon
West Thornton in brief
West Thornton had 18,758 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in West Thornton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Thornton, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Thornton, 8.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.