Total Crime Rate
13.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Cherries area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Upton Lea , and the 12th lowest crime rate of 393 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 The Cherries (SL2 5TR) in the last 12 months was 13.6 per 1,000 residents and was 72.0% lower than the Upton Lea average (48.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 6.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Cherries (SL2 5TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sheehy Way (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Upton Lea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Prestwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenrose Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmunds Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wexham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Moat Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wexham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Frithe | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wexham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norway Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Cherries | — |
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