Furze Platt
WardNorth west Windsor and Maidenhead. About 8,221 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Furze Platt live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Furze Platt compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Furze Platt safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Furze Platt at a rate of 55.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 64.8 per 1,000 people across Windsor and Maidenhead.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 47 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Furze Platt.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (206), other crime (77) and anti-social behaviour (47).
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.
Figures for the whole of Windsor and Maidenhead
These figures are published for the whole of Windsor and Maidenhead, not for each ward, so they describe all of Windsor and Maidenhead and not Furze Platt alone. See Windsor and Maidenhead
Furze Platt in brief
Furze Platt had 7,845 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Furze Platt live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Furze Platt, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Furze Platt, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.