Total Crime Rate
2160.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
806.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Herschel Park , and the highest crime rate of 388 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 1DS) in the last 12 months was 2160.2 per 1,000 residents and was 780.1% higher than the Herschel Park average (245.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 196 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 8 cases , up 14.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 40.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 292 (≈ 806.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (SL1 1DS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 362 crimes here, including 179 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Slough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hencroft Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hencroft Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hencroft Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hencroft Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hencroft Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hencroft Street North | Under investigation |
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