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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 (IoD2025). 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
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 86th of 294 English council areas — better than 71% of them.

Low crime74
Home affordability6
Affordable rents12
Good schools32
Life expectancy75
Low deprivation96
Employment74
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

10°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:30

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

161 reported · August 2026▼ 12% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences51
  • Shoplifting22
  • Anti-social behaviour21
  • Other theft18

27 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Windsor Central · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Cycling in contravention of highway code on peascod street, Windsor. E-bikes and e scooter also being used in the area of Windsor shoppin…
  • The recent 2026 resident survey detailed the following issues; Youths on Peascod Street verbally abusing the public Youths banging on res…

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

Road safety

176 reported road collisions (2025)

45 killed or seriously injured · 213 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 392 rated 4–5 ★ (336 top)
  • 11 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

£583,688 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across Windsor and Maidenhead · to 2026-08

Detached£1,142,002
Semi-detached£611,223
Terraced£491,374
Flat£307,916

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,800 average monthly rent▲ 0.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,246
  • 2 bed £1,567
  • 3 bed £1,916

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

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

Property sales

1,715 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (10.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (3 km)

22 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,978
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,347
  • Net moves+631

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 285 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

66 inspected 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: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Windsor and Maidenhead

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

291 applications decided

71.8% granted · 209 granted, 82 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 8
  • LD 21
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 11

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

10,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

587 jobs advertised · £43,381 avg

e.g. Lecturer in Interior Design, Scenic Carpenter and Technician, ESG Reporting Lead - Contract

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

Health services

11 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in SL4

  • Combermere Medical Centre
  • Victoria Medical Centre
  • Lee House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Windsor:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Venus Garden (Windsor Castle) · 0.1 km

    The Venus Garden is a parterre garden at Windsor Castle in England. The garden is located on the east side of Windsor Castle and was redesigned in 2026 by Charles III. The redesign of the garden included the renaming…

  • 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…

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 IoD2025.