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SL1

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Slough, Cippenham and Salt Hill, in Slough and Buckinghamshire.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SL1 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In SL1, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£395,931
614th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
79,692
25th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How SL1 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SL1Middle
Median sale price10 postcode districts, SL · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SL10 areas from £395,931 to £867,500. The middle area is £537,375. SL1 is £395,931.
£395,931cheapest
Population12 postcode districts, SL · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SL12 areas from 339 to 83,062. The middle area is 23,418. SL1 is 79,692.
79,6922nd most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage12 postcode districts, SL · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SL12 areas from 70.7% to 100.0%. The middle area is 87.8%. SL1 is 96.6%.
96.6%2nd highest
Claimant rate10 postcode districts, SL · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in SL10 areas from 1.8% to 6.3%. The middle area is 2.6%. SL1 is 6.3%.
6.3%highest

Is SL1 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SL1 at a rate of 123.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 77.9 per 1,000 people across SL.

In August 2026 alone, 877 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SL1.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,826), other crime (2,153) and anti-social behaviour (1,044).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SL1 was 115.3 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in SL1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SL1 has no single figure. Of its 42 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 9 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in SL1

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Buckinghamshire 065A1,39157.2 per 1,000854.1%
Buckinghamshire 065B1,74349.9 per 1,0001096.1%
Buckinghamshire 066A1,635132.2 per 1,000894.4%
Buckinghamshire 066B1,93251.5 per 1,000598.0%
Buckinghamshire 066D1,64865.3 per 1,000799.7%
Buckinghamshire 066E1,64353.5 per 1,000699.8%
Slough 002A2,114247.6 per 1,000298.9%
Slough 002E1,828112.7 per 1,000599.8%
Slough 003A1,25243.6 per 1,000799.6%
Slough 003B1,906192.3 per 1,000594.9%
Slough 003C1,46648.7 per 1,0007100.0%
Slough 003D1,37269.6 per 1,0004100.0%
Slough 003E1,42396.6 per 1,00010100.0%
Slough 004B1,93265.5 per 1,0003100.0%
Slough 004C1,73547.2 per 1,0004100.0%
Slough 004D1,88281.8 per 1,000499.0%
Slough 004E2,45469.0 per 1,000499.4%
Slough 006A1,567109.1 per 1,000499.3%
Slough 006B1,99584.0 per 1,000791.2%
Slough 006C1,82183.0 per 1,000598.7%
Slough 006D1,77593.2 per 1,000697.9%
Slough 006E1,47264.7 per 1,0006100.0%
Slough 006F1,77539.1 per 1,0005100.0%
Slough 008A2,72255.3 per 1,000699.9%
Slough 008B2,167125.1 per 1,000399.8%
Slough 008C2,24382.8 per 1,000399.9%
Slough 008D1,80671.2 per 1,0005100.0%
Slough 008E2,84466.9 per 1,000597.5%
Slough 008F1,97158.4 per 1,0005100.0%
Slough 009A2,573262.1 per 1,000399.6%
Slough 009B2,032126.2 per 1,000299.0%
Slough 009C2,245104.2 per 1,000299.4%
Slough 009D2,908171.6 per 1,000399.5%
Slough 009F1,79885.2 per 1,000396.2%
Slough 009G1,950163.3 per 1,000399.1%
Slough 011A2,381150.6 per 1,000287.1%
Slough 011D2,04593.7 per 1,000493.2%
Slough 011F1,473562.2 per 1,000384.4%
Slough 011G1,634179.4 per 1,000388.6%
Slough 015B2,313114.7 per 1,000499.5%
Slough 015C1,31755.9 per 1,000499.2%
Slough 016D2,214325.8 per 1,000297.7%

MPs for SL1

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in SL19

Postcode sectors in SL110

Councils SL1 covers2

Towns in SL11

Postcode districts next to SL16

Nearest rail stations4

More in the SL postcode area2

SL1 in brief

SL1 is a postcode district covering Slough, Cippenham and Salt Hill, in Slough and Buckinghamshire.

About 85,032 people lived in SL1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £395,931 in 2025 across 582 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 123.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SL1 was £395,931 in 2025.

SL1 had 79,692 usual residents at the census.

In SL1, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In SL1, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.