Total Crime Rate
45.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wheatlands Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Herschel Park , and the 95th 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 Wheatlands Road (SL3 7PB) in the last 12 months was 45.6 per 1,000 residents and was 81.4% lower than the Herschel Park average (245.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wheatlands Road (SL3 7PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Palmerston Avenue, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hermitage Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Slough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Palmerston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upton Court Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Upton Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Palmerston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmerston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmerston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmerston Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Upton Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hurworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hurworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hurworth Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermitage Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Quaves Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendrick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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