SL5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering North Ascot, Sunninghill and South Ascot, in Windsor and Maidenhead and Bracknell Forest.
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 SL5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SL5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SL5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SL5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SL5 at a rate of 42.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.9 per 1,000 people across the SL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 114 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SL5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (467), other crime (223) and anti-social behaviour (107).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SL5 was 42.2 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 SL5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SL5 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SL5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracknell Forest 005A | 1,287 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Bracknell Forest 005B | 1,771 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.5% |
| Bracknell Forest 005C | 1,492 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Bracknell Forest 005D | 1,365 | 21.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead 017A | 1,872 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.3% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead 017B | 1,569 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 71.5% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead 017C | 2,116 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.8% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead 017D | 1,865 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.7% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead 018A | 1,780 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.9% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead 018B | 2,243 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.8% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead 018C | 1,613 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead 018D | 1,670 | 19.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead 018E | 1,972 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.0% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead 018F | 1,952 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.0% |
MPs for SL5
- Jack RankinConservativeMP for Windsor76% of SL5’s postcodes
- Mr Joshua ReynoldsLiberal DemocratMP for Maidenhead23% of SL5’s postcodes
- Dr Al PinkertonLiberal DemocratMP for Surrey Heath0.6% of SL5’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 SL53
Postcode sectors in SL55
Councils SL5 covers2
Towns in SL51
Postcode districts next to SL59
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SL postcode area2
SL5 in brief
SL5 is a postcode district covering North Ascot, Sunninghill and South Ascot, in Windsor and Maidenhead and Bracknell Forest.
About 25,377 people lived in SL5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £650,000 in 2025 across 421 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 42.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SL5 was £650,000 in 2025.
SL5 had 24,579 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SL5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SL5, 91.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.