Slough

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• Today: 11° / 9° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:28

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

602 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences211
• Anti-social behaviour67
• Public order64
• Vehicle crime59

93 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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

229 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 14.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 361 rated 4–5 ★ (259 top)
• 27 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

£349,397 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Slough · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,565 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,142
• 2 bed £1,425
• 3 bed £1,712

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

847 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (5.3 km)

25 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)

• Live consultation links· 4 Nov 2026
• Applications open for Crisis and Resilience Fund grants· 4 Nov 2026
• Auditor’s public interest report published· 29 Oct 2026
• Government announces plans to progress with a mayoral strategic authority for the Thames Valley· 28 Oct 2026
• Council Tax Support Scheme consultation launches· 26 Oct 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,789
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,599
• Net moves−2,810

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 72 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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 · 34,094 pupils

28 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

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

49 inspected 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)

164 applications decided

78.7% granted · 129 granted, 35 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour

Slough

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 11
• Con 17
• LD 10
• Grn 1
• Oth 3

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,670 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,933 jobs advertised · £42,536 avg

e.g. Field Interviewer - Car Required – Full Time, Deputy Headteacher, Delivery Driver - West Drayton

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 29% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 10%

195 gCO₂/kWh · high 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:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 257 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities254 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND130 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials89 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• Fund culturally appropriate retirement support for Polish veterans and families68 local signatures · 10,780 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05