Total Crime Rate
223.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
91.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cherwell Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Colnbrook & Poyle , and the 35th 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 Cherwell Close (SL3 8XB) in the last 12 months was 223.7 per 1,000 residents and was 100.9% higher than the Colnbrook & Poyle average (111.4 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 Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 91.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cherwell Close (SL3 8XB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dart Close (11 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 | Trent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherwell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Laburnum Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dart Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sovereign Heights | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sovereign Heights | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sovereign Heights | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tweed Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Severn Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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