Crime Rate in Slough Central, ward

Slough Central has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Slough district and the 1598th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 188th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Slough Central in the last 12 months was 104.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.4% higher than the Slough district average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Slough Central’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 225 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 55.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -47.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 315 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Slough Central ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 357 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (142 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.