Slough: local statistics
Slough is a unitary authority in the South East, home to an estimated 167,450 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Slough, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In August 2026, 6,445 people in Slough were on the claimant count, 5.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South East: 3.1%). The rate was the same a year earlier. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 4.2% (February 2023) and 6.4% (August 2021).
Life expectancy at birth in Slough is 82.6 years for women and 77.9 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.1 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.7 less. It is the 59th highest for women of the 64 council areas in the South East.
The police recorded 88.3 crimes per 1,000 residents in Slough in the year to March 2026 (14,784 offences in all), the 10th highest rate of 55 in the South East. That compares with 86.4 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 78.7 to 103.9 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
In mid-2025 the population of Slough was estimated at 167,450, up 0.4% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 11.6%; the South East grew by 8.1% over the same years, the 14th fastest growth of the 64 council areas in the South East. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The average house price in Slough was £335,759 in July 2026, down 1.8% on a year before. That is the 45th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East; the average for the South East was £380,878. The July peak was £342,081 in 2025, and prices are 11% above July 2016. The average price is 8.7 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Slough. That ratio is the 41st highest ratio of 64 in the South East.
An estimated 74.9% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Slough were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 5.1 points either way; the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 68.1% to 76.1%.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Slough is £2,414.44, 5.0% more than in 2025-26. That makes it 44th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,450.16.
Full-time employees living in Slough earned a median £784.00 a week in April 2025, or £38,483 over a year. That is 3.8% below the figure for the South East and mid-table in the South East, 38th of 64. For full-time jobs located in Slough the median is £829.80 a week (+£45.80 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £540.10: a change of +45% before inflation.
The ONS counted 7,670 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Slough in March 2026, 18% more than in 2016. That is 46 for every 1,000 residents, the 39th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 150,104 |
| 2016 | 152,565 |
| 2017 | 154,573 |
| 2018 | 155,915 |
| 2019 | 157,632 |
| 2020 | 158,281 |
| 2021 | 158,448 |
| 2022 | 159,765 |
| 2023 | 163,608 |
| 2024 | 166,739 |
| 2025 | 167,450 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £303,408 |
| July 2017 | £305,347 |
| July 2018 | £320,595 |
| July 2019 | £314,251 |
| July 2020 | £303,448 |
| July 2021 | £317,309 |
| July 2022 | £340,886 |
| July 2023 | £330,324 |
| July 2024 | £338,484 |
| July 2025 | £342,081 |
| July 2026 | £335,759 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £540.10 a week |
| 2016 | £524.20 a week |
| 2017 | £556.10 a week |
| 2018 | £602.10 a week |
| 2019 | £613.60 a week |
| 2020 | £619.60 a week |
| 2021 | £645.60 a week |
| 2022 | £658.10 a week |
| 2023 | £723.10 a week |
| 2024 | £760.40 a week |
| 2025 | £784.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,450.16 |
| 2017-18 | £1,512.08 |
| 2018-19 | £1,583.26 |
| 2019-20 | £1,641.76 |
| 2020-21 | £1,708.00 |
| 2021-22 | £1,795.07 |
| 2022-23 | £1,854.79 |
| 2023-24 | £2,027.23 |
| 2024-25 | £2,186.63 |
| 2025-26 | £2,298.55 |
| 2026-27 | £2,414.44 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 78.7 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 83.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 84.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 97.1 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 99.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 93.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 103.9 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 102.4 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 96.5 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 86.4 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 88.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.6% |
| 2016/17 | 74.2% |
| 2017/18 | 75.7% |
| 2018/19 | 73.5% |
| 2019/20 | 76.1% |
| 2020/21 | 68.1% |
| 2021/22 | 71.7% |
| 2022/23 | 71.7% |
| 2023/24 | 75.9% |
| 2024/25 | 70.6% |
| 2025/26 | 74.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.7 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.7 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.8 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.7 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.0 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.6 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 6,485 |
| 2017 | 6,955 |
| 2018 | 7,090 |
| 2019 | 7,345 |
| 2020 | 7,540 |
| 2021 | 7,625 |
| 2022 | 7,505 |
| 2023 | 7,215 |
| 2024 | 7,295 |
| 2025 | 7,450 |
| 2026 | 7,670 |
Questions about Slough
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Slough?
6,445 in August 2026 (5.9% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in Slough?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 77.9 years for men and 82.6 for women.
What is the crime rate in Slough?
88.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the population of Slough?
The ONS estimates 167,450 people lived in Slough in mid-2025.
What is the average house price in Slough?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £335,759.
How much is Band D council tax in Slough?
£2,414.44 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average salary in Slough?
£784.00 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over Slough
Every body that makes decisions for Slough, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Slough council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Slough in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Slough: Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour) MP
- Windsor: Jack Rankin (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK unemployment rate · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in the South East: Canterbury · Cherwell · Mid Sussex · Oxford · Wealden · West Berkshire
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