Total Crime Rate
104.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Faraday Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Baylis & Salt Hill , and the 136th 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 Faraday Road (SL2 1RP) in the last 12 months was 104.4 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% lower 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Faraday Road (SL2 1RP), the main crime hotspot is near Furnival Avenue. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 32 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 | Public order | Cowper Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnival Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Faraday Close | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faraday Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Faraday Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnival Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnival Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faraday Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Furnival Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowan Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascon'S Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Furnival Avenue | Under investigation |
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