Crime in Slough district: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (6,671), anti-social behaviour (1,757) and vehicle crime (1,532) made up 58% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 88th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the upper half.

Recorded crime in Slough district peaked in the year to August 2022 (19,355 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2025 (16,308). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 2%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Slough district recorded notably more bicycle theft (2.0 times the national rate), vehicle crime (84% above the national rate) and robbery (29% above the national rate), and notably less theft from the person (34% below) and anti-social behaviour (32% below). On the year before, robbery rose from 211 to 295 and bicycle theft rose from 207 to 281, while theft from the person fell from 226 to 187 and shoplifting fell from 1,193 to 1,003.

What each category covers: crime categories.

14,784 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Slough district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 88.3 per 1,000 residents, close to the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was up 3% on the year ending March 2025 (14,404), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Slough district had the 86th highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Offences recorded in Slough district, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 2,770 offences (19% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for vehicle offences (1.9 times the national rate), trafficking of drugs (1.5 times the national rate) and bicycle theft (1.5 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for arson (0.61 times), theft from the person (0.61 times) and non-residential burglary (0.65 times).

The largest rises on the year were in trafficking of drugs (+67%) and arson (+30%). The largest falls were in theft from the person (−27%) and bicycle theft (−23%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).

Recorded crime in Slough district since the year ending March 2013

The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2013 to 2026. Slough district's rate was above the England and Wales rate in 13 of those 14 years and below it in 1. Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).

Districts in the Thames Valley Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 13 districts in the Thames Valley Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Slough district had the 3rd highest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

3 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Slough district; the highest is Hillingdon district (119.2 per 1,000) and the lowest Windsor and Maidenhead (65.2).

Of the 24 areas within Slough district, Herschel Park had the highest crime rate (249.5 per 1,000) and Slough Central the lowest (54.3), 5 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 21% of the crime recorded in Slough district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (923).

Of the 15,532 crimes in Slough district with a recorded outcome, 36% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 2.7% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 1,757 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Slough district has an estimated population of 167,359 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has more private renting (31%, against 20%), a younger population (9.8%, against 18.9%) and fewer retired residents (11%, against 22%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Slough district average decile 4.5 (1 = most deprived), more deprived than average.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.