Windsor grades B overall against UK towns: better than 60% of UK towns, and #21 of 30 in Berkshire. Its strongest subject is walkability (A): 26% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is hazard risk (C−): 2.3% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The median home sold for £491,356 in the last three years, 6.8 times what households in the Windsor and Maidenhead council area earn in a year.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Windsor is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Windsor.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A
Windsor is more walkable than nine in ten UK towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 46% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Unemployment benefit claims came to 3% of 16 to 64s in 2026, above both Berkshire’s towns (2.1%) and England’s towns (2.3%). The census counted 46% of workers working mainly from home. Nearly a third of commuters who live in Windsor also work there. Income per household averages £69K a year, before tax.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
SchoolsB
School results in Windsor are better than in 56% of towns in England
60% of pupils at the town’s 3 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Two of its 15 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. GCSE results at the town’s 2 secondary schools: just over half of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 48.6.
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsSee all 15 schools →
History
More of the land in Windsor is conservation area than in Berkshire’s towns or England’s towns: 100%
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 19 of them, Grade I 2. Windsor’s listed buildings include the Guildhall, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up 22% of the total, above both Berkshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%). Historic England’s list names 247 listed buildings locally: 2 Grade I, 19 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Safety
Burglary and damage hit Windsor harder than Berkshire’s towns or England’s towns: 16.3 per 1,000 residents a year
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Violent crime ran at 34 per 1,000 residents a year, above Berkshire’s towns (20.2) and England’s towns (22) alike. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 2,735 crimes and 348 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Windsor’s built-up area. 36% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
34violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearC−Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 39% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual996
Shoplifting308
Public order263
Other theft259
Vehicle crime224
Damage & arson214
Burglary123
Drugs107
Anti-social348
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
34
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
16.3
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
9.3
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
HousingCost of living grade C
Windsor is a renters’ town: 25% of households rent privately, more than in Berkshire’s towns and across England’s towns
Private rents average £1,800 a month across the Windsor and Maidenhead council area. Behind the median of £491,356: 1,200 standard sales inside the town’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Social housing holds 15% of households, near Berkshire’s towns (14%) and lower than England’s towns (18%).
£491Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Windsor£491K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£868,000
151
Semi-detached
£560,000
261
Terraced
£500,000
436
Flat or maisonette
£323,500
352
60%
of households own their home · England 61%
25%
rent privately · England 21%
£1,800
average private rent a month, Windsor and Maidenhead council area
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Health
Fewer people in Windsor live with a disability than in Berkshire’s towns or across England’s towns: 12%
3 GP practices serve the town; four in five patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Asked at the census, 87% of residents of Windsor said they were in good or very good health. 3.1% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, below both Berkshire’s towns (3.3%) and England’s towns (5.2%).
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Windsor than in Berkshire’s towns or across England’s towns: 45% of adults
9.7% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Berkshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). The age that splits Windsor in two is 41.5. Over-65s are 17% of the population.
41.5median age
WindsorBerkshireEngland
Ages · share of residents
17%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications12%
Apprenticeship4%
A levels or similar15%
Degree level45%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenEnglandMen
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Edward III of England: TheAncientHistorian, Public domain · Henry VI of England: Poems and Romances (Shrewsbury book), illuminated by the MASTER OF JOHN TALBOT, Public domain · Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma: Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Princess Alice of Battenberg: Henry Walter Barnett, Public domain · Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine: Alexander Bassano, Public domain · Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Attributed to Maull and Fox, Public domain
Eton Wick, Eton, Colnbrook and Winkfield Row have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Windsor
How many listed buildings are there in Windsor?
That is 3.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Guildhall. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Is Windsor expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £491,356, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £323,500, terraced houses £500,000, semi-detached houses £560,000 and detached houses £868,000.
Does Windsor flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Is Windsor safe?
About the middle for its size: 61% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C−.
About Windsor
Large town in Berkshire, England
Windsor is a built-up area of 31,569 people, in the Windsor and Maidenhead council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Population
31,569 (Census 2021)
Council
Windsor and Maidenhead
County
Berkshire
Region
South East
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.3 km²)
ONS code
E63005007
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
