Crime in Windsor and Maidenhead: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (3,734), anti-social behaviour (1,178) and public order (922) made up 56% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 241st of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lowest quarter.

The year to August 2026 had the least recorded crime in Windsor and Maidenhead of any year here (10,360 crimes). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it fell 4%, in line with England and Wales.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Windsor and Maidenhead recorded notably more bicycle theft (46% above the national rate), and notably less possession of weapons (66% below) and robbery (59% below). On the year before, possession of weapons fell from 83 to 53 and theft from the person fell from 168 to 114.

What each category covers: crime categories.

9,081 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Windsor and Maidenhead in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 57.1 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was down 4% on the year ending March 2025 (9,474), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Windsor and Maidenhead had the 69th lowest 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 Windsor and Maidenhead, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 1,424 offences (16% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for bicycle theft (1.4 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for robbery of personal property (0.35 times), arson (0.36 times) and possession of weapons (0.40 times).

The largest rises on the year were in trafficking of drugs (+66%) and robbery of personal property (+39%). The largest falls were in possession of weapons (−35%) and possession of drugs (−27%). 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 Windsor and Maidenhead 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. Windsor and Maidenhead's rate was below the England and Wales rate in every one of those 14 years. 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, Windsor and Maidenhead had the 6th 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.

6 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Windsor and Maidenhead; the highest is Hillingdon district (119.2 per 1,000) and the lowest Wokingham district (45.1).

Of the 29 areas within Windsor and Maidenhead, St Mary's had the highest crime rate (180.5 per 1,000) and Bisham & Cookham the lowest (34.2), 5 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 22% of the crime recorded in Windsor and Maidenhead over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (576).

Of the 9,182 crimes in Windsor and Maidenhead with a recorded outcome, 38% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 2.9% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 1,178 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Windsor and Maidenhead has an estimated population of 158,943 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer households without a car (13%, against 23%), more residents with Level 4 qualifications or above (45%, against 34%) and fewer residents with no qualifications (13%, against 18%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Windsor and Maidenhead average decile 8.3 (1 = most deprived), less 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.