Editing Slough (section)

==Crime==
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Slough has a relatively high crime rate; figures for all crime categories are annually above the English average and figures for a few categories are at more than double the frequency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zoopla.co.uk/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307165422/http://www.upmystreet.com/local/crime-in-slough.html| title=Zoopla > Search Property to Buy, Rent, House Prices, Estate Agents|date=23 December 2024|archivedate=7 March 2012|website=www.zoopla.co.uk}}</ref> According to [[British Crime Survey]] statistics, as of September 2013, Slough had the second worst rate of crime among local authority areas in the Thames Valley Police counties (87 recorded crimes per 1,000 population vs Oxford's 104).<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.police.uk/thames-valley/N457/performance/compare-your-area/|title=Compare Britwell / Haymill, Thames Valley Police - Police.uk|access-date=26 January 2014|archive-date=1 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201215341/http://www.police.uk/thames-valley/N457/performance/compare-your-area/|url-status=dead}}</ref> However the borough's crime rate reduced by 29% in the ten years to 2013.<ref name="sloughexpress">{{cite web |url=http://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/News/Council/Reported-crime-in-Slough-drops-over-last-ten-years-15012013.htm |title=Reported crime in Slough drops over last 10 years &#124; Council &#124; Slough News |publisher=SloughExpress |date=2013-01-16 |access-date=2014-01-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108221956/http://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/News/Council/Reported-crime-in-Slough-drops-over-last-ten-years-15012013.htm |archive-date=8 January 2014}}</ref> In the year ending September 2017, the crime rate in Slough was the third highest in the Thames Valley force area, behind Reading (96.42 police recorded crimes per 1000 population) and Oxford (100.71 for the same metric).<ref name="auto"/>