Total Crime Rate
87.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Market Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Langley Meads , and the 173rd 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 Market Lane (SL3 8BH) in the last 12 months was 87.5 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% higher than the Langley Meads average (59.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Market Lane (SL3 8BH), the main crime hotspot is near Blunden Drive. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 24 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 | Hawkes Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Formby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blunden Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blunden Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Blunden Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Deverills Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Southwold Spur | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maplin Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maplin Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maplin Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maplin Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blunden Drive | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Formby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Formby Close | Under investigation |
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