West Thornton electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.
What stands out here?
Homes rented privately: 33% here, compared with 26% across Croydon (6.8 percentage points higher).
A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 24.1% here, compared with 18.2% across Croydon (5.9 percentage points higher).
These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 35.6% here, compared with 41% across Croydon (5.4 percentage points lower).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability
4.3%
21 March 2021 · West Thornton
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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.
Police-recorded locations for West Thornton ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
2,085 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 2,054 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
West Thornton ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 166 mapped crimes in September 2024; 149 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
119.4172.2225
September 2024August 2026
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · West Thornton
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
166
34
October 2024
162
40
November 2024
185
30
December 2024
179
21
January 2025
170
34
February 2025
158
21
March 2025
156
49
April 2025
130
39
May 2025
205
57
June 2025
168
39
July 2025
196
52
August 2025
179
52
September 2025
165
29
October 2025
171
41
November 2025
178
40
December 2025
157
50
January 2026
149
46
February 2026
148
39
March 2026
209
37
April 2026
161
47
May 2026
193
53
June 2026
187
50
July 2026
218
66
August 2026
149
50
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · West Thornton
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
873
vehicle crime
235
other theft
216
public order
197
shoplifting
117
criminal damage arson
107
drugs
99
burglary
92
robbery
50
theft from the person
50
other crime
24
possession of weapons
15
bicycle theft
10
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.
An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
