Living in Slough

In Slough, tenants pay an average rent of €1,828 a month (2026).

Slough's population was 166,855 at the end of 2021. For Slough, the regional median gross salary was €3,473 per month at the end of 2024. The city faced an unemployment rate of 4.19% at the end of 2018.

Last checked 2026-09-2333 sources

Population166,855people31 Dec 2021Official source · Office for National Statistics

Median gross salary (region)3,473EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Average rent1,828EUR/month31 Aug 2026Official source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority

Unemployment rate4.19%country median 3.4% — 23% aboveOfficial source · Eurostat

Recorded crime8,829incidents per 100,000country median 9,646 — 8% belowOfficial source · www.ons.gov.uk

PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2019Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Higher unemployment than 72% of United Kingdom cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 69% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and dirtier air than any other United Kingdom city that publishes it.

Which United Kingdom-wide rules apply when you move to Slough?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United KingdomNational rates and thresholds that apply in Slough.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Slough. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€24

Mobile plan, 10 GB€13

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	24.02 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	BT Full Fibre 150¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.87 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Three 100GB one-month data pack¹⁸Official · national market
Rent price index, mean	1,828 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), UK: monthly price statistics, 16 September 2026 edition¹⁷Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,828 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority¹³Official

Is Slough a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker24%strong on work, weak on safety · range 15–33%

Skilled employee38%strong on work, weak on safety · range 30–46%

Student33%strong on education, weak on work · range 26–40%

Family27%strong on family, weak on cost · range 19–35%

Retirement22%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 11–33%

Work and income

For Slough, the employment rate was 61.7% at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, 77,660 comprised the workforce in Slough.

What is the unemployment rate in Slough?

The unemployment rate is about 4.2 % (2018).

Unemployment rate: 4.19 % · Eurostat⁵

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Slough is 4.2%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

652

263

0–22–44–66–88–1010–1216–18

Slough 4.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	61.7 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁸Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,473 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)¹⁰Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.19 %country median 3.4%	31 Dec 2018	Eurostat⁵Official

Unemployment rate over time7 published observations, 2004–2018

3.7%

6.2%

8.8%

11.4%

4.2%2004201120162018

Unemployment rate fell 20.0% between 2004 and 2018, from 5.2% to 4.2%.

What does a salary buy in Slough?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€976of €2,841 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,841
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority · 2026-08-31	− €1,828
Internet€24 · official · BT Full Fibre 150 · 2026-09-30	− €24
Mobile plan€13 · official · Three 100GB one-month data pack · 2026-09-30	− €13
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€976

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Slough Salary needed to live in Slough

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Slough. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Jobcentre Plus — Public employment service

Department for Work and Pensions

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Slough. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	30 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)²Official
Schools	63 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)²Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free.

A country-wide rule for United Kingdom; Slough's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: legislation.gov.uk · 1996–2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
GP practices	29 count	30 Sept 2026	ODS GP Practices report (epraccur)⁶Official
Pharmacies	35 count	30 Sept 2026	ODS Pharmacy/Dispensaries report (edispensary)⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Slough under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Slough?

Police recorded about 8,829 incidents per 100,000 (2026). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: www.ons.gov.uk²⁴

Recorded crime across major citiesSlough highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Manchester14,267

Bristol13,099

Liverpool12,409

Leeds11,462

Birmingham11,416

Leicester11,001

Sheffield9,693

Cardiff9,379

Belfast9,156

Slough8,829

Glasgow757

Edinburgh549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Burglaries per 100,000 residents	293.3 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2026	PFA tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C2 counts; Table C4 rates and mid-2024 population)¹⁶Official
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	8,829 incidents per 100,000country median 9,646	27 Aug 2026	www.ons.gov.uk²⁴Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	3,415 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2026	PFA tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C2 counts; Table C4 rates and mid-2024 population)¹⁶Official

Mobility and administration

Slough's nearest airport was LHR, 10 km away and offered 171 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	171 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁴Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	10 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LHR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 in the air was 10 µg/m³ at the end of 2019.

Is the air quality good in Slough?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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8°3°

9°3°

12°4°

15°6°

18°9°

22°12°

24°14°

23°14°

20°12°

16°9°

12°5°

9°3°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

124

177

208

218

202

157

115

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.510WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United KingdomOf 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

211

487

200

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1013–14

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2019	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 8.4 · Feb 9 · Mar 11.7 · Apr 15 · May 18.4 · Jun 21.6 · Jul 23.9 · Aug 23.4 · Sep 20.2 · Oct 15.8 · Nov 11.5 · Dec 8.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.7 · Feb 2.6 · Mar 4.1 · Apr 6 · May 9.1 · Jun 12 · Jul 14.2 · Aug 14.1 · Sep 11.6 · Oct 8.8 · Nov 5.3 · Dec 3.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 5.6 · Feb 5.8 · Mar 7.9 · Apr 10.5 · May 13.7 · Jun 16.8 · Jul 19 · Aug 18.7 · Sep 15.9 · Oct 12.3 · Nov 8.4 · Dec 5.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 58.8 · Feb 45 · Mar 38.8 · Apr 42.3 · May 45.9 · Jun 47.2 · Jul 45.8 · Aug 52.8 · Sep 49.6 · Oct 65.1 · Nov 66.6 · Dec 57 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 61.1 · Feb 78.8 · Mar 124.4 · Apr 176.7 · May 207.5 · Jun 208.4 · Jul 217.8 · Aug 202.1 · Sep 157.1 · Oct 115.2 · Nov 70.7 · Dec 55 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²³Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Bexley ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±0.9 °C, Reims (France) ±1.3 °C, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France) ±0.6 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Argenteuil (France) ±0.7 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Median age stood at 35 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Slough?

The published population was 166,855 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	166,855 people	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁹Official

International community in Slough

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Usual residents living in the individual ONS Built-up Area on Census Day 21 March 2021 · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Europe: United Kingdom	96,565	57.9%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	51,285	30.7%
Europe: EU countries	19,005	11.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	35.2 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁸Official
Workers aged 16 and over	77,660 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁸Official
Median age	35 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁸Official
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Slough

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Harrow as a Slough alternative in the same region

19 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,909 Harrow vs 8,829 Slough−33%
Median gross pay, region: €3,531 Harrow vs €3,473 Sloughsame level
Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Harrow vs 10.0 µg/m³ Sloughsame level

Full comparison More about Harrow

York as a Slough alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 273 km, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Unemployment: 2.3% York vs 4.2% Slough−46%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,576 York vs 8,829 Slough−26%
Median gross pay, region: €3,233 York vs €3,473 Slough−7%
Annual PM2.5: 11.0 µg/m³ York vs 10.0 µg/m³ Slough+10%
Residents: 141,685 York vs 166,855 Slough−15%

Full comparison More about York

Cities near Slough

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

Other cities in United Kingdom to compare with Slough, nearest in population first.

All United Kingdom cities

Sunderland168,315 residents Swansea170,085 residents Oxford170,805 residents Warrington174,970 residents Telford156,910 residents Cambridge152,740 residents

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Slough in rankings

#21 of 30 in Safest cities in United Kingdom by recorded crime

Is Slough part of London?

Slough is near London, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 32.4 km away by straight-line distance. London city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source³

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Slough?

The published population was 166,855 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Is the air quality good in Slough?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Slough?

Police recorded about 8,829 incidents per 100,000 (2026). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: www.ons.gov.uk.

What is the unemployment rate in Slough?

The unemployment rate is about 4.2 % (2018). Source: Eurostat.

What is the typical salary around Slough?

The median gross salary is 3,473 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Is Slough a good place to live?

Slough may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Slough part of London?

Slough is near London, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 32.4 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Slough?

Windsor, Britwell, Burnham, Old Windsor, Colnbrook are near Slough. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe: United Kingdom live in Slough?

The official country of birth distribution records 96,565 people (57.9%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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