Slough

18°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 13° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:26

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

610 reported · July 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences207
• Anti-social behaviour68
• Public order63
• Shoplifting49

79 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Chalvey, Town Centre & Upton · Thames Valley

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

209 reported road collisions (2024)

33 killed or seriously injured · 235 casualties · 13.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 370 rated 4–5 ★ (261 top)
• 24 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Slough (0.7 km)
• 50 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£352,024 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Slough · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,569 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,144
• 2 bed £1,428
• 3 bed £1,716

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (3.1 km)

39 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

81 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Hatfield Road Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches54
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Consultation on new homelessness and rough sleeping strategy· 4 Sept 2026
• Face to face service at Britwell to continue· 27 Aug 2026
• Slough children’s social care rated inadequate· 25 Aug 2026
• Adult learning courses – enrol now!· 24 Aug 2026
• Sunny GCSE results day for Slough students· 20 Aug 2026

Source: Slough Council

158,500 residents in Slough · 4,872/km²

• Under 16: 25%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 10%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 73 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,414 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (43% of 57,340)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

59 schools · 34,305 pupils

28 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 16 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Slough

152 CQC-registered services

• Care homes16
• GP practices24
• Dentists25
• Homecare agencies69
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Slough

• Not in the Green Belt
• 39 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

141 applications decided

83.7% granted · 118 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour

Slough

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 11
• Con 19
• LD 10
• Grn 1
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools18
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets8
• Parks & greens63
• Restaurants & cafés74

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,698 jobs advertised · £41,481 avg

e.g. Occupational Therapist, Mobile Vehicle Technician - South East, Mobile Vehicle Technician - London and Greater London

Source: Adzuna

£784 median full-time weekly pay

6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,714 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 64,996 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

52% low-carbon electricity

Wind 30% · Gas 27% · Imports 21% · Biomass 15%

136 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.8 women · 60.1 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

13 GP surgeries · 18 pharmacies in SL1

• Crosby House Surgery
• Herschel Medical Centre
• The Village Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Slough:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s390 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 253 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership234 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities210 local signatures · 16,437 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office150 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Slough Museum · 0.2 km

  Slough Museum is an independent museum in Slough in the English county of Berkshire. It had two exhibition galleries presenting the past, present and future of the town. It is now situated in the Slough Trading Estate…

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  Slough · 0.3 km

  Slough is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Thames Valley, 20 miles (32 km) west of central London and 19 miles (31 km) north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4, M40 and M25 motorways. It is part of the…

• Time 106.6 · 0.3 km

  Time 106.6 was an Independent Local Radio station for Slough, Maidenhead and Windsor. Time played a variety of music from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and today, with a strapline of 'all time favourites'. The statio…

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  Upton, Slough · 0.6 km

  Upton is a suburb of Slough, in the Slough district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Until the local government reforms of 1974 it was in Buckinghamshire. It was one of the villages that developed into…

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  Municipal Borough of Slough · 0.7 km

  Slough was, from 1863 to 1974, a local government district in southern Buckinghamshire, England. It became an urban district in 1894 and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1938. It was abolished in 1974 and no…

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  Upton Court Grammar School · 0.7 km

  Upton Court Grammar School is a fully selective academy school in Lascelles Road, Slough, Berkshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)