Placetrics
City · South East

Living in Windsor and Maidenhead

18 neighbourhoods · 89 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
0.53× nat.
47% below nat. avg · 52.8 / 1k / yr · #91 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
44 min
#80 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.67
#23 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£1,809/mo
+3.3% YoY · #286 of 314 cities
Council tax
£191/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Windsor and Maidenhead

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.

18 neighbourhoods · 89 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Maidenhead Central£1,492+3.3%3274
Boyn Hill & Norreys Drive£1,542+3.3%4077
Maidenhead East£1,572+3.3%2383
Clewer New Town£1,622+3.3%2553
Clewer Village£1,643+3.3%4353
Windsor Town & Eton£1,655+3.3%1049
Furze Platt£1,688+3.3%2666
Dedworth£1,725+3.3%1377
Datchet£1,765+3.3%1860
Maidenhead Highway£1,794+3.3%7094
Pinkney's Green & Furze Platt Road£1,820+3.3%4884
Old Windsor & Wraysbury£1,834+3.3%1885
Cox Green£1,839+3.3%3289
Spital & Cranbourne Park£1,947+3.3%3782
Ascot & North Ascot East£1,955+3.3%6081
Bray Wick & Holyport£2,101+3.3%1288
South Ascot & Sunningdale£2,111+3.3%6187
Cookham & Waltham£2,250+3.3%2790

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 Windsor and Maidenhead

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Windsor and Maidenhead. 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.Maidenhead Central£1,492/mo
  2. 2.Boyn Hill & Norreys Drive£1,542/mo
  3. 3.Maidenhead East£1,572/mo
  4. 4.Clewer New Town£1,622/mo
  5. 5.Clewer Village£1,643/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.Maidenhead Highway70/100
  2. 2.South Ascot & Sunningdale61/100
  3. 3.Ascot & North Ascot East60/100
  4. 4.Pinkney's Green & Furze Platt Road48/100
  5. 5.Clewer Village43/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Windsor and Maidenhead.

Avg rent
£1,809/mo
#286 of 314 cities
Sale price
£544,225
-3.6% YoY
Yrs to deposit
7.5 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£1,251/mo
2 bed£1,575/mo
3 bed£1,923/mo
4 bed£2,715/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£1,100,302
Semi-detached£590,720
Terraced£472,059
Flat£300,545
Affordability
Price-to-earnings14.9×
Rent / take-home58%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£2,295/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£2,953/mo

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

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Safety in Windsor and Maidenhead

Crime in Windsor and Maidenhead runs at 47% below the national average. Above median (#91 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 52.8, 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
52.8
#91 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
21.3
Anti-social behaviour
5.6
Other theft
4.3
Vehicle crime
3.8
Criminal damage & arson
3.8
Public order
3.4
Burglary
2.4
Shoplifting
1.7
Drugs
1.7
Other crime
1.3
Bicycle theft
1.2
Robbery
0.9
Possession of weapons
0.6
Theft from the person
0.6
Safest neighbourhoods in Windsor and Maidenhead
by safety score (higher = safer)
Maidenhead Highway94/100
Cookham & Waltham90/100
Cox Green89/100

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 Windsor and Maidenhead

100% of schools serving Windsor and Maidenhead are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
22%
#269 of 318 cities
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Windsor and Maidenhead
by school score
Dedworth67/100
Clewer New Town64/100
South Ascot & Sunningdale61/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Windsor and Maidenhead

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

To London
44 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
112 min
Median across local areas
To Birmingham
125 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
44 min
Bristol
112 min
Birmingham
125 min
Cardiff
136 min
Manchester
185 min
Liverpool
194 min
Sheffield
196 min
Leeds
205 min
Edinburgh
321 min
Glasgow
348 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car39%Public3%Active7%WFH50%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Windsor and Maidenhead
by transport score
Maidenhead Central97/100
Furze Platt95/100
Clewer Village91/100

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

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Job access from Windsor and Maidenhead

Windsor and Maidenhead has 0.67 jobs per resident locally. Best 10%

Jobs per resident
0.67
#23 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
+15.3%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs7 min
PT — 100 jobs10 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
Professional & business svcs
22.4%
Retail & hospitality
20.1%
Health & social care
9.7%
Education
7.7%
Tech & ICT
6.0%
Construction
3.5%
Manufacturing
2.1%
Finance & insurance
2.1%

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

FAQ

Frequently asked about Windsor and Maidenhead

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 Windsor and Maidenhead?
The median monthly rent across Windsor and Maidenhead is £1,809, 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 Windsor and Maidenhead?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Windsor and Maidenhead by estimated median rent is Maidenhead Central at approximately £1,492/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Windsor and Maidenhead?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Windsor and Maidenhead is Maidenhead Highway at 70/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Windsor and Maidenhead a safe area?
Windsor and Maidenhead has an average safety score of 75/100 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 Windsor and Maidenhead?
The most common council tax band in Windsor and Maidenhead is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £1,563. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Windsor and Maidenhead.
What is the average salary in Windsor and Maidenhead?
The median annual resident salary in Windsor and Maidenhead is £37,653, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Windsor and Maidenhead, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Windsor and Maidenhead?
The average property price in Windsor and Maidenhead is approximately £564,307 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 Windsor and Maidenhead?
Gross rental yield in Windsor and Maidenhead is approximately 3.4% — 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 Windsor and Maidenhead?
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 7.5 years in Windsor and Maidenhead. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Windsor and Maidenhead?
100% of premises in Windsor and Maidenhead 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 Windsor and Maidenhead?
2.6% of 16-64 residents in Windsor and Maidenhead 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 Windsor and Maidenhead?
Windsor and Maidenhead contains 18 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 89 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 Windsor and Maidenhead

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.

Showing 80 of 89 sub-areas. Drill into any neighbourhood above for the full sub-area list.