Photo: Ronald Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Windsor records theft from the person at 9 times the rate of a typical town its size
Police recorded 77 cases of theft from the person in Windsor in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 2.4 per 1,000 against a typical 0.3. Overall, Windsor grades C− for safety (#27 of 30 in Berkshire): more crime per resident than 79% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Violence recorded locally held about level in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Windsor
About the middle for a town its size
Of 201 UK towns of 22,000 to 43,000 people, Windsor has the 112th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Yate, Newbury and Warwick, higher than Long Eaton, Sudbury and Totton. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 17% of Windsor’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 6% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The C− for Windsor, and how it is built
A firm grade. Built on 4,745 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Windsor against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Windsor runs highest on theft from the person (2.4 per 1,000 against 0.3), bicycle theft (2.4 per 1,000 against 0.3) and vehicle crime (7.1 per 1,000 against 2.8). Other crime sits below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 996 | 31.5 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 348 | 11 | 12.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 308 | 9.8 | 6.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 263 | 8.3 | 5.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 259 | 8.2 | 4.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 224 | 7.1 | 2.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 214 | 6.8 | 6.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 123 | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 107 | 3.4 | 1.9 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 77 | 2.4 | 0.3 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 76 | 2.4 | 0.3 |
| Other crime | not graded | 45 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Robbery | Violent | 26 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 17 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
1 in 6 Windsor residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
37% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 6% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Windsor’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
For every 1,000 residents, about 33 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 18 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 23 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Lowest recorded crime in Old Windsor, Clewer East and Clewer & Dedworth West; highest in Eton & Castle
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Windsor | 2,335 | 13 | 7 | |
| Clewer East | 6,786 | 21.5 | 12.9 | |
| Clewer & Dedworth West | 7,178 | 27 | 13.5 | |
| Clewer & Dedworth East | 7,510 | 33.1 | 12.8 | |
| Eton & Castle | 7,760 | 58.4 | 27.4 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Car parks | 547 | 28% shoplifting & theft |
| Shopping areas | 520 | 51% shoplifting & theft |
| Nightclubs | 314 | 42% violent |
| Supermarkets | 291 | 41% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 156 | 51% shoplifting & theft |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 40 | 48% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Eton & Castle records 2.2× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Windsor. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Windsor. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Windsor’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -5% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +34% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft +1% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +12% (towns its size -4%).
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 72% of Windsor’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 15% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (53% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 10% of violent and 5% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 1,635 crimes.
112th of 201: Windsor among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heswall Merseyside | 29,082 | 14.3 | 5.5 | 3.8 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Woodley Berkshire | 28,019 | 18.1 | 5.8 | 5.5 | B+ |
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| 12 | Caversham Berkshire | 33,038 | 16.7 | 9 | 14.3 | B+ |
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| 17 | Ascot Berkshire | 24,003 | 18.8 | 9.6 | 6.6 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 52 | Thatcham Berkshire | 25,537 | 29.7 | 8 | 10.3 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 109 | Long Eaton Derbyshire | 37,815 | 37.6 | 12.1 | 20.3 | C− |
| 110 | Sudbury Suffolk | 23,922 | 37.9 | 11.8 | 12.7 | C− |
| 111 | Totton Hampshire | 28,093 | 35.3 | 14.7 | 15.1 | C− |
| 112 | Windsor Berkshire | 31,569 | 34 | 16.3 | 21.7 | C− |
| 113 | Melton Mowbray Leicestershire | 27,451 | 35.1 | 15.7 | 17.3 | C− |
| 114 | Sedgley West Midlands | 31,976 | 32 | 19 | 7.8 | C− |
| 115 | Rowley Regis West Midlands | 39,052 | 36.6 | 14.4 | 7.6 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 201 | Great Yarmouth Norfolk | 28,979 | 105 | 32.9 | 33.7 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Windsor, and others in Berkshire.
No one died in a collision on Windsor’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 141 collisions with injuries inside Windsor in five years. 22 people were killed or seriously injured: 8 on foot and 6 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Windsor’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Windsor’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Windsor had 14.2 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8).
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Windsor’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Windsor
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 31,569 | 34 | 16.3 | C− |
| Eton Wick | 2,121 | 25.9 | 12.6 | C+ |
| Eton | 2,461 | 18.8 | 13 | B− |
| Datchet | 4,807 | 24.3 | 21.9 | C |
| Slough | 166,868 | 43.4 | 20.7 | D |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 7,689 | 20.8 | 11.6 | B− |
| Colnbrook | 1,898 | 48.1 | 31.3 | D− |
| Winkfield Row | 1,756 | 9.1 | 3 | A+ |
Windsor records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Slough and Colnbrook record more. Eton Wick, 1.4 miles away, records 25.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Windsor’s 34.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Windsor sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Windsor
Is Windsor safe?
Police recorded 34 violent and sexual offences and 16.3 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Windsor’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 21% of UK towns. Among 201 UK towns of 22,000 to 43,000 people, Windsor is 112th from the least crime. 17% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What are the safest areas of Windsor?
By council ward, Old Windsor, Clewer East and Clewer & Dedworth West record the least violent and household crime per resident: 13, 21.5 and 27 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 58.4 in Eton & Castle.
Is crime going up in Windsor?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 34%, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour rose 12%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
Is Windsor town centre safe at night?
police.uk placed 314 crimes and reports at or near nightclubs in three years, 42% of them violent, and Eton & Castle ward records 58.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 of its residents a year. Over the last two years, violent crime peaked in June and was lowest in February.
What is the most common crime in Windsor?
Violence & sexual offences: 996 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (308) and public order (263), with 348 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Windsor compare with Slough?
Slough records 43.4 violent and sexual offences and 20.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Windsor’s 34 and 16.3, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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