SL2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Slough, Farnham Royal and Britwell, 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 SL2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 17% of people in SL2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SL2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SL2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SL2 at a rate of 72.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.9 per 1,000 people across the SL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 433 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SL2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,942), other crime (860) and anti-social behaviour (453).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SL2 was 69.6 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 SL2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SL2 has no single figure. Of its 32 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 SL2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire 063A | 1,922 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 73.6% |
| Buckinghamshire 063B | 1,747 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 69.6% |
| Buckinghamshire 063C | 2,170 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 64.7% |
| Buckinghamshire 063D | 1,454 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.6% |
| Buckinghamshire 064A | 1,982 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.6% |
| Buckinghamshire 064B | 1,721 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.8% |
| Buckinghamshire 064C | 1,872 | 90.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 69.9% |
| Slough 001A | 1,618 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Slough 001B | 1,857 | 103.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Slough 001C | 1,960 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Slough 001D | 1,711 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Slough 001E | 1,658 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Slough 001F | 2,106 | 122.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| Slough 002B | 1,831 | 127.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.8% |
| Slough 002C | 1,889 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Slough 002D | 1,694 | 175.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.0% |
| Slough 002F | 1,936 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Slough 003F | 1,660 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Slough 003G | 1,365 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| Slough 004A | 1,755 | 70.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Slough 004F | 2,483 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Slough 005A | 1,963 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Slough 005B | 1,728 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Slough 005C | 1,925 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Slough 005D | 2,983 | 132.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Slough 005E | 1,779 | 126.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Slough 005F | 2,122 | 85.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Slough 015A | 1,860 | 79.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Slough 015D | 1,527 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.2% |
| Slough 016A | 2,079 | 77.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Slough 016B | 1,702 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Slough 016C | 2,088 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
MPs for SL2
- Mr Tanmanjeet Singh DhesiLabourMP for Slough62% of SL2’s postcodes
- Joy MorrisseyConservativeMP for Beaconsfield38% of SL2’s postcodes
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 SL26
Postcode sectors in SL25
Councils SL2 covers2
Towns in SL21
Postcode districts next to SL24
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SL postcode area2
SL2 in brief
SL2 is a postcode district covering Slough, Farnham Royal and Britwell, in Slough and Buckinghamshire.
About 61,377 people lived in SL2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £432,000 in 2025 across 395 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SL2 was £432,000 in 2025.
SL2 had 58,969 usual residents at the census.
About 17% of people in SL2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SL2, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.