Total Crime Rate
17.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knolton Way area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Upton Lea , and the 20th lowest 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 Knolton Way (SL2 5SP) in the last 12 months was 17.2 per 1,000 residents and was 64.9% lower than the Upton Lea average (49.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 9.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knolton Way (SL2 5SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cannon Gate, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Preston Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Slough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quinbrookes | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawes Moor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawes Moor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmedale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Preston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quinbrookes | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coftards | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coftards | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cannon Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawes Moor Close | Under investigation |
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