Total Crime Rate
91.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Castle Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Herschel Park , and the 167th highest crime rate of 388 local areas in Slough .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Castle Street (SL1 2AX) in the last 12 months was 91.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.6% lower than the Herschel Park average (245.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 37.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Castle Street (SL1 2AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Grove, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bishops Road (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Slough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hencroft Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hencroft Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hencroft Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishops Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishops Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishops Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wheatstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatstone Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatstone Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hencroft Street South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hencroft Street South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bishops Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hencroft Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albert Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hencroft Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alpha Street South | Under investigation |
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