Crap Towns / Thornton / Crime

How much crime is there in Thornton?

The police recorded 115 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Thornton from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.5 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 49.5. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 105, down from 131 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	131	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	109	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	105	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	49.5	34.1
Other theft	16.0	5.4
Vehicle crime	9.4	3.8
Shoplifting	9.0	7.1
Public order	8.5	6.6
Criminal damage and arson	8.4	7.0
Burglary	5.7	3.1
Other crime	3.9	2.0
Drugs	2.7	2.4
Robbery	0.7	0.6
Possession of weapons	0.7	0.8
Theft from the person	0.5	0.4
Bicycle theft	0.1	0.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Halifax	7.5 km	151
Bradford	5.3 km	145
Keighley	9.6 km	140
Shipley	6.8 km	118
Thornton	–	115
Brighouse	10.4 km	91.6
Queensbury	2.9 km	74.9
Bingley	7.0 km	73.4
Baildon	7.7 km	71.1
Haworth	8.2 km	65.2
Shelf and Northowram	5.6 km	51.5
The typical town	–	76.2