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Thornaby-on-Tees

Thornaby-on-Tees is a town in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 22,356. It has 1 GP surgery, 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 13 restaurants and cafés, along with 23 bus stops and Thornaby railway station 2 km away. There were around 342 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly shoplifting. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Thornaby-on-Tees area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Middlesbrough area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 143,924 residents at roughly 2,671 people per km².

Council
Middlesbrough
County
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Middlesbrough
Police force
Cleveland
37/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 245th of 294 English council areas — better than 17% of them.

Low crime1
Home affordability97
Affordable rents93
Good schools85
Life expectancy6
Low deprivation7
Employment14
Low council tax21

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 60% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:22

9h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Stockton-on-Tees A1305 Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

269 reported · August 2026▲ 16% YoY

  • Shoplifting114
  • Violence & sexual offences65
  • Criminal damage & arson21
  • Anti-social behaviour20

Neighbourhood team: Stainsby Hill · Cleveland

Local policing priorities

  • Off road bike related ASB in green areas/housing estates
  • Criminal Damage

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

139 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 162 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

357 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 328 rated 4–5 ★ (322 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Tees Small Gauge Railway (2.5 km)
  • 33 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Thornaby (2.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£142,868 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across Middlesbrough · to 2026-08

Detached£253,859
Semi-detached£155,009
Terraced£112,341
Flat£77,244

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£698 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

  • 1 bed £499
  • 2 bed £634
  • 3 bed £754

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

4.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.5 times median annual pay (3.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,501 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (7.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · BP (7.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

73 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: Stirling House (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches10
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

143,924 residents in Middlesbrough · 2,671/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,993
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,623
  • Net moves−3,630

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 21 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

50% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,549 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 66,360)

A £1,699
B £1,983
C £2,266
D £2,549
E £3,116
F £3,682
G £4,249
H £5,098

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

65 schools · 25,470 pupils

41 primary · 8 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 23 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

57 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Lift Unity CityGood
  • Macmillan AcademyGood
  • Outwood Academy RiversideGood
  • Outwood Academy OrmesbyInadequate
  • Acklam Grange School
  • Outwood Academy Acklam
  • The King's Academy
  • Trinity Catholic College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Middlesbrough

Care & health services

141 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes48
  • GP practices25
  • Dentists18
  • Homecare agencies25
  • Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Middlesbrough

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

78 applications decided

75.6% granted · 59 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Matt Vickers

Conservative

Stockton West

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

  • Lab 24
  • Con 4
  • LD 1
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 15

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,540 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

317 jobs advertised · £45,342 avg

e.g. Resident Engineer, Support Worker, Biogas Maintenance and Controls Electrician

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£671 median full-time weekly pay

5.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,855 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 79,990 certificates

11.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

62% low-carbon electricity

Imports 38% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 29%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.6 yrs women · 76.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.2 women · 53.9 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.0
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in TS17

  • Woodbridge Practice
  • Thornaby & Barwick Medical Group
  • Elm Tree Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stockton West:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • RAF Thornaby · 0.0 km

    Royal Air Force Thornaby, or more simply RAF Thornaby, is a former Royal Air Force station located in the town and borough of Thornaby-on-Tees, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Fighter Command, Bomber Comman…

  • Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Thornaby-on-Tees · 0.9 km

    The Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Thornaby, is an Anglican church in Thornaby, North Yorkshire, England. The structure, which is grade II* listed, is dated to the 12th century, replacing an earlier building on the sa…

  • Stainsby, North Yorkshire · 1.2 km

    Stainsby, in North Yorkshire, England, is an abandoned village near the Acklam suburb of Middlesbrough and town of Thornaby. Little more than mounds near the A19 road are now visible. The site is a scheduled monument.

  • Thornaby Academy · 1.2 km

    Thornaby Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Thornaby-on-Tees in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England.

  • St Patrick's Catholic College · 1.2 km

    St Patrick's Catholic College is a coeducational secondary school located in Thornaby-on-Tees in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England.

  • Tees Jubilee Bridge · 1.4 km

    The Jubilee Bridge is a road and pedestrian/cycle bridge carrying the Queen Elizabeth Way north-south across the River Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, northern England. It links Preston-on-Tees with Ingleby B…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Thornaby-on-Tees?
Thornaby-on-Tees is a town in North Yorkshire, England, in the Middlesbrough local authority.
What is the population of Thornaby-on-Tees?
Thornaby-on-Tees has an approximate settlement population of 22,356.
How deprived is Thornaby-on-Tees?
The Middlesbrough local authority, which includes Thornaby-on-Tees, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.