Total Crime Rate
2392.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Herschel Park , and the highest crime rate of 393 local areas in Slough .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (SL1 1BY) in the last 12 months was 2392.3 per 1,000 residents and was 898.2% higher than the Herschel Park average (239.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 280 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 7 cases , up 16.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 118.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -41.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 325 (≈ 897.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (SL1 1BY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 468 crimes here, including 236 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Herschel Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Leith Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Leith Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hencroft Street North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hencroft Street North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hencroft Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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