Total Crime Rate
137.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bower Way area has the 9th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Cippenham Green , and the 95th highest crime rate of 388 local areas in Slough .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bower Way (SL1 5HD) in the last 12 months was 137.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.0% higher than the Cippenham Green average (95.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 71.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bower Way (SL1 5HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elmshott Lane, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petty Cross (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Slough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lincoln Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elmshott Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hogarth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Frenchum Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Frenchum Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowyer Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Masons Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Abbey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmshott Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hinton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elmshott Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petty Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elmshott Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petty Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petty Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petty Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petty Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petty Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elmshott Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Elmshott Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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