Total Crime Rate
144.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026College Avenue area has the 26th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Baylis & Salt Hill , and the 90th 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 College Avenue (SL1 2NB) in the last 12 months was 144.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% higher than the Baylis & Salt Hill average (138.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 78.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around College Avenue (SL1 2NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hillside, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ledger'S Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Slough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Slough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalvey Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B3027 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalvey Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chalvey Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ledger'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ledger'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Vale Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Arborfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arborfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Chalvey Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ragstone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ragstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ragstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ragstone Road | Under investigation |
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