Total Crime Rate
18.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Long Readings Lane area has the lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Britwell , and the 21st lowest crime rate of 388 local areas in Slough .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Long Readings Lane (SL2 1QA) in the last 12 months was 18.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.6% lower than the Britwell average (100.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -92.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Readings Lane (SL2 1QA), the main crime hotspot is near Long Readings Lane. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 18 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Monksfield Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Spur | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penzance Spur | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Penzance Spur | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Franklin Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newhaven Spur | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newhaven Spur | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faraday Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faraday Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Faraday Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bideford Spur | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brighton Spur | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascon'S Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemming Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monksfield Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aldridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Aldridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cowper Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crayle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylesworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemming Way | Under investigation |
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