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Colnbrook

Colnbrook is a town in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 5,528. It has 1 pharmacy and around 7 restaurants and cafés, along with 16 bus stops and Station A 2.5 km away. There were around 95 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Colnbrook area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Slough area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 158,500 residents at roughly 4,872 people per km².

Council
Slough
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Windsor
Police force
Thames Valley
36/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 257th of 294 English council areas — better than 13% of them.

Low crime26
Home affordability35
Affordable rents22
Good schools79
Life expectancy27
Low deprivation23
Employment7
Low council tax57

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

21°CCloudy

  • Today: 23° / 13° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

Crime

108 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences46
  • Criminal damage & arson16
  • Public order14
  • Anti-social behaviour9

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Colnbrook, Poyle and Foxborough · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Car meets have been a concern for residents in Colnbrook and Poyle for some-time, however, last year reports were fewer. We believe now t…
  • Contravening the no through road on High Street, Colnbrook. This road is access only and vehicles are regularly using it as a cut through.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

194 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 151 rated 4–5 ★ (117 top)
  • 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Station A (2.5 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sunnymeads (2.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£352,024 average 2.2% YoY

Across Slough · to 2026-06

Detached£703,927
Semi-detached£479,019
Terraced£371,549
Flat£229,759

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (5.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (12 km)

42 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 37 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Heathrow Supercharger (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,414 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,610
B £1,878
C £2,146
D £2,414
E £2,951
F £3,488
G £4,024
H £4,829

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Herschel Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Langley Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • St Bernard's Catholic Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Upton Court Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Baylis Court SchoolGood
  • St Joseph's Catholic High SchoolGood
  • The Langley AcademyGood
  • Beechwood School
  • Ditton Park Academy
  • Eden Girls' School, Slough
  • Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy
  • Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College
  • The Westgate School
  • Wexham School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Slough

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

141 applications decided

83.7% granted · 118 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jack Rankin

Conservative

Windsor

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens183
  • Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

79 jobs advertised · £36,068 avg

e.g. EURO Temperature Controlled Vehicle (TCV) Driver, Warehouse Supervisor, Online Accounting Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Gas 28% · Solar 11% · Nuclear 8%

118 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Windsor:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Colnbrook · 0.2 km

    Colnbrook is a village in the Slough district in Berkshire, England. It lies within the historic boundaries of Buckinghamshire, and straddles two distributaries of the Colne, the Colne Brook and Wraysbury River. These…

  • Western Rail Approach to Heathrow · 0.4 km

    The Western Rail Approach to Heathrow is a proposed bi-directional link westward from London's Heathrow Airport to the Great Western Main Line. It would thus run, in council areas, from Greater London under Iver, Sout…

  • Colnbrook with Poyle · 0.4 km

    Colnbrook with Poyle is a civil parish in the borough of Slough in Berkshire, England. Located approximately 17 miles (27 km) west of central London and adjacent to the Greater London boundary, it is an urbanised pari…

  • Brands Hill · 1.2 km

    Brands Hill is a village in Berkshire, England. It is just on the outskirts of Colnbrook on Bath Road, adjacent to the Langley junction of the M4 motorway. It has grown from a few houses and has never been a historica…

  • Colnbrook railway station · 1.2 km

    Colnbrook railway station was a station on the now-closed railway line between West Drayton and Staines West, on the western edge of London, England. It opened in 1884 to serve the village of Colnbrook, perhaps antici…

  • Poyle · 1.3 km

    Poyle is a largely industrial and agricultural area in the unitary authority of Slough, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. It is located 18.5 miles (30 km) west of Charing Cross in London and immediately…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Colnbrook?
Colnbrook is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Slough local authority.
What is the population of Colnbrook?
Colnbrook has an approximate settlement population of 5,528.
How deprived is Colnbrook?
The Slough local authority, which includes Colnbrook, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.