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Windsor

Windsor is a town in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 31,560. It has 57 bus stops, 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, 1 park, around 35 restaurants and cafés, and the nearest railway station is Windsor and Eton Central, 1.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £587,096, and there were around 177 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 Windsor area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Windsor and Maidenhead area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 153,497 residents at roughly 781 people per km².

Council
Windsor and Maidenhead
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Windsor
Police force
Thames Valley
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My Area Score

Good

Ranked 88th of 294 English council areas — better than 70% of them.

Low crime74
Home affordability6
Affordable rents11
Good schools33
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation96
Employment72
Low council tax97

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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 26° / 17° · 51% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:21

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

149 reported road collisions (2024)

27 killed or seriously injured · 179 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 400 rated 4–5 ★ (335 top)
  • 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Windsor and Eton Riverside (0.5 km)
  • 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Windsor & Eton Riverside (0.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£576,992 average 2.2% YoY

Across Windsor and Maidenhead · to 2026-06

Detached£1,125,462
Semi-detached£603,738
Terraced£482,009
Flat£307,888

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,805 average monthly rent 1.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,249
  • 2 bed £1,572
  • 3 bed £1,921

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

Affordability

13.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.3 times median annual pay (13.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (10.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (3.4 km)

35 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

75 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Macdonald Windsor Hotel, Windsor (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches63
  • Golf courses3
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

153,497 residents in Windsor and Maidenhead · 781/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 304 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£1,953 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 67,630)

A £1,302
B £1,519
C £1,736
D £1,953
E £2,387
F £2,820
G £3,254
H £3,905

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

Schools

83 schools · 27,804 pupils

46 primary · 10 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

66inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Charters SchoolGood
  • Holyport CollegeGood
  • Cox Green SchoolRequires improvement
  • Windsor Girls' SchoolRequires improvement
  • Altwood Church of England School
  • Churchmead Church of England (VA) School
  • Desborough College
  • Furze Platt Senior School
  • Newlands Girls' School
  • The Windsor Boys' School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Windsor and Maidenhead

Care & health services

190 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes43
  • GP practices46
  • Dentists44
  • Homecare agencies31
  • Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Windsor and Maidenhead

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 361 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

326 applications decided

78.5% granted · 256 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 6
  • LD 21
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens22
  • Restaurants & cafés123

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

879 jobs advertised · £39,131 avg

e.g. Occupational Therapist, Head of Safeguarding, Speech and Language Therapist

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£952 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,211 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 71,997 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 68.9 women · 67.3 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

  • Royal Librarian (United Kingdom) · 0.2 km

    The office of Royal Librarian, in the Royal Collection Department of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, is responsible for the care and maintenance of the books and manuscripts in the Royal L…

  • Print Room, Windsor · 0.2 km

    The Print Room at Windsor Castle is a print room which is an office in the Royal Collection Department of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for the care and maintenance of…

  • 1992 Windsor Castle fire · 0.3 km

    On 20 November 1992, a major fire broke out in Windsor Castle, the largest inhabited castle in the world and one of the official residences of the British monarch. Beginning in the Queen's Private Chapel, it spread ra…

  • Equestrian statue of Charles II, Windsor Castle · 0.3 km

    A bronze equestrian statue of Charles II on horseback sits in the Upper Ward of Windsor Castle beneath the castle's Round Tower. It was inspired by Hubert Le Sueur's statue of Charles I in London, the statue was cast…

  • Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo · 0.3 km

    The Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo was an annual military tattoo held in the private grounds of Windsor Castle by permission of Queen Elizabeth II, from 2008 to 2011. The event's proceeds went to the Royal British Legion…

  • Charles I in Three Positions · 0.3 km

    Charles I in Three Positions, also known as the Triple Portrait of Charles I, is an oil painting of King Charles I of England painted in 1635–1636 by the Flemish artist Sir Anthony van Dyck, showing the King from thre…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Windsor?
Windsor is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Windsor and Maidenhead local authority.
What is the population of Windsor?
Windsor has an approximate settlement population of 31,560.
How deprived is Windsor?
The Windsor and Maidenhead local authority, which includes Windsor, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.