Placetrics
City · South East

Living in Slough

15 neighbourhoods · 84 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
0.85× nat.
15% below nat. avg · 85.2 / 1k / yr · #255 of 318 cities
Good schools
50%
#293 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
37 min
#66 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.50
#83 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£1,567/mo
+3.5% YoY · #263 of 314 cities
Council tax
£184/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Slough

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

15 neighbourhoods · 84 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Central Slough & Upton Court£1,365+3.5%6836
Colnbrook & Poyle£1,392+3.5%1527
Slough 015£1,440+3.5%6761
Chalvey£1,529+3.5%1017
Cippenham Green£1,529+3.5%2270
Cippenham Meadows£1,534+3.5%2369
Baylis & Stoke£1,540+3.5%3665
Haymill & Lynch Hill£1,551+3.5%5867
Britwell£1,574+3.5%949
Manor Park£1,595+3.5%1345
Langley Foxborough£1,619+3.5%1647
Slough 016£1,633+3.5%5863
Wexham Lea£1,646+3.5%3151
Langley Kederminster£1,721+3.5%3658
Langley St Mary's£1,735+3.5%4171

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Slough

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Slough. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Central Slough & Upton Court£1,365/mo
  2. 2.Colnbrook & Poyle£1,392/mo
  3. 3.Slough 015£1,440/mo
  4. 4.Chalvey£1,529/mo
  5. 5.Cippenham Green£1,529/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Central Slough & Upton Court68/100
  2. 2.Slough 01567/100
  3. 3.Slough 01658/100
  4. 4.Haymill & Lynch Hill58/100
  5. 5.Langley St Mary's41/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Slough.

Avg rent
£1,567/mo
#263 of 314 cities
Sale price
£390,000
+0.1% YoY
Yrs to deposit
5.6 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£1,143/mo
2 bed£1,427/mo
3 bed£1,711/mo
4 bed£2,449/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£700,012
Semi-detached£475,197
Terraced£368,469
Flat£226,974
Affordability
Price-to-earnings11.2×
Rent / take-home53%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£2,213/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£2,098/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Slough

Crime in Slough runs at 15% below the national average. Bottom quartile (#255 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 85.2, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
85.2
#255 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
34.8
Vehicle crime
8.8
Anti-social behaviour
7.8
Other theft
6.1
Public order
6.0
Criminal damage & arson
5.8
Shoplifting
3.0
Burglary
2.9
Drugs
2.6
Other crime
1.7
Robbery
1.1
Theft from the person
1.0
Possession of weapons
0.9
Bicycle theft
0.9
Safest neighbourhoods in Slough
by safety score (higher = safer)
Langley St Mary's71/100
Cippenham Green70/100
Cippenham Meadows69/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Slough

50% of schools serving Slough are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Bottom 10% (#293 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
50%
#293 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
32%
#222 of 318 cities
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good50%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Slough
by school score
Langley Kederminster97/100
Langley St Mary's96/100
Slough 01692/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Slough

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

To London
37 min
Median across local areas
To Birmingham
113 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
114 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
London
37 min
Birmingham
113 min
Bristol
114 min
Cardiff
138 min
Manchester
172 min
Liverpool
181 min
Sheffield
183 min
Leeds
195 min
Edinburgh
309 min
Glasgow
335 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car53%Public7%Active9%WFH26%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Slough
by transport score
Slough 01592/100
Haymill & Lynch Hill92/100
Chalvey90/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Slough

Slough has 0.50 jobs per resident locally. Above median

Jobs per resident
0.50
#83 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
-10.6%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs6 min
PT — 100 jobs5 min
Drive — 500 jobs7 min
PT — 500 jobs9 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs11 min
PT — 5,000 jobs22 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
20.8%
Health & social care
11.9%
Professional & business svcs
9.0%
Education
7.9%
Manufacturing
7.9%
Tech & ICT
7.1%
Construction
4.7%
Finance & insurance
0.8%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Slough

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Slough?
The median monthly rent across Slough is £1,567, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Slough?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Slough by estimated median rent is Central Slough & Upton Court at approximately £1,365/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Slough?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Slough is Central Slough & Upton Court at 68/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Slough a safe area?
Slough has an average safety score of 54/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Slough?
The most common council tax band in Slough is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £2,025. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Slough.
What is the average salary in Slough?
The median annual resident salary in Slough is £35,521, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Slough, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Slough?
The average property price in Slough is approximately £348,842 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Slough?
Gross rental yield in Slough is approximately 4.3% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Slough?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 5.6 years in Slough. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Slough?
100% of premises in Slough are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Slough?
6.1% of 16-64 residents in Slough are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Slough?
Slough contains 15 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 84 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in Slough

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.