October 2026 report
Area reports · South East · Windsor and Maidenhead
South East · Local authority district

Windsor and Maidenhead

How Windsor and Maidenhead compares with the 316 districts of England and Wales on prices, market activity, people, homes, transport and safety, from the same data our valuations use.

Price per m²
£6,237
-3.4% on the year
HPAI Property Index
47/100
Ranked 189th of 316 districts
Sales a month
124
-32% on the year
Recorded crime
56 per 1,000
Median district 71

HPAI Swatch

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Top row: how things areBottom row: which way they are moving
Band1 low8 high (always best)

Price per m²

£6,237/m²

Median price per square metre over the last 12 months, all property types.

Band 7/8Score 18/20 Weight in the index 15%

Areas alike

Districts with the most similar character to Windsor and Maidenhead: price level, sales, energy efficiency, density, rail use, crime and carbon, from the HPAI Swatch. Useful if you like this area but want to compare options.

Elmbridge
91% alike
Same band for energy efficiency, rail use
Higher-carbon homesBusier market: 132 sales a month
Guildford
87% alike
Same band for sales, energy efficiency, rail use
Higher crime: 72 per 1,000Lower-carbon homesPrices rising there (+12.2%)
St Albans
87% alike
Same band for density, rail use
More energy-efficient homesLower-carbon homes
Brentwood
86% alike
Same band for price, energy efficiency, rail use
Smaller market: 83 sales a monthLess dense: 521/km²Prices rising there (+1.9%)
Waverley
85% alike
Same band for sales
Lower crime: 37 per 1,000Less dense: 393/km²Prices rising there (+4.4%)
Tunbridge Wells
84% alike
Same band for price, carbon
Less energy-efficient homesLess dense: 358/km²Prices rising there (+5.1%)

Alike but cheaper

Similar character, at least 15% lower price per m² than Windsor and Maidenhead's £6,237

Lewes
84% alike
Less dense: 351/km²Fewer rail journeysPrices rising there (+3.0%)
West Lancashire
82% alike
Same band for energy efficiency
Cheaper: £2,911/m²Fewer rail journeysPrices rising there (+3.1%)
Vale of Glamorgan
81% alike
Same band for crime
Cheaper: £3,335/m²Fewer rail journeysPrices rising there (+1.7%)
West Berkshire
79% alike
Same band for carbon
Less dense: 237/km²Fewer rail journeys

Buying costs

At today's 5.36% five-year fixed mortgage rate (August 2026), a typical detached house in Windsor and Maidenhead (£812,500) costs about £3,691 a month with a 25% deposit over 25 years. With inflation at 3.1%, prices are down 6.3% on the year in real terms.

Market conditions

Latest published, August 2026

5.36%5-year fixed mortgage rate (75% loan-to-value, Bank of England) +0.50 points on a year ago
3.1%Inflation (CPI, ONS) 3.8% a year ago

Repayment calculator

Starts from the median price of each property type in Windsor and Maidenhead (last 12 months). Change any figure.

£3,691a month
Loan
£609,375
Deposit
£203,125
Total interest
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Income lenders may look for (4.5×)
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A guide only: repayment mortgage at a fixed rate for the whole term; lenders' rates, fees and criteria vary.

Prices

Homes in Windsor and Maidenhead sell for £6,237 per m² (12-month median, all property types), 31% above the South East median. Prices fell 3.4% over the last year.

Price per m², last 10 years

12-month median, all property types, against the region and the median district in England and Wales

By property type

Last 12 months

Type£/m²YearMedian price
Detached5,402 -5.2%£812,500
Semi-detached5,878 +2.4%£561,750
Terraced5,702 +0.9%£442,500
Flat4,688 -14.2%£300,000

Market

About 1,487 homes sold in the last 12 months, 27% of them detacheds. Activity is down 32% on a year ago.

Sales a month

Open-market sales registered with HM Land Registry; the line is the 12-month average

What sells

Sales by property type, last 12 months

People & homes

160,747 people live in Windsor and Maidenhead, 818 per km² across 196.5 km². The population changed by +0.4% in the last year.

Population

ONS mid-year estimates (projected after the latest year)

Homes and energy

Energy Performance Certificates and ONS

65Average EPC scoreBand 4 of 8
4.2 tCO₂ a home a yearBand 2 of 8
818Residents per km²Band 5 of 8

Transport

10 rail stations with 10.0 million entries and exits in 2025. Maidenhead accounts for 49%.

Rail stations

Entries and exits, 2025 (Office of Rail and Road), with the change on the previous year

Safety

56 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year (Apr 2025 - Mar 2026), higher than 27% of districts; the median district has 71. Crime is down 4.2% on the year.

Recorded crime, 12 months to each March

Home Office police recorded crime; anti-social behaviour isn't recorded crime

Main types

Recorded crimes, Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Schools

66 schools take primary-age pupils and 24 secondary-age, 27,548 pupils in all. Distances to a particular home, and admissions rules, are in each valuation report.

Latest inspection outcomes

Ofsted, in Ofsted's own terms; report cards (from November 2025) have no overall grade; Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn

How hard it is to get in

First-choice applications and offers, latest entry year (DfE, England)

Value a home in Windsor and Maidenhead

Free instant valuation using the same data as this report: recent sales, local price trends and the HPAI Swatch.

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October 2026 report: as up to date as it can be. Every figure is the latest each source has published. Where an official source runs behind (population, rail passengers), we project it forward to today from its own trend and mark it as projected. Latest periods:

  • Sales and prices: to August 2026 (HM Land Registry)
  • Recorded crime: year to March 2026 (Home Office)
  • Population: mid-2025 estimates, projected to date (ONS)
  • Rail passengers: year to March 2025, projected after that (Office of Rail and Road)
  • Schools: latest published inspections and admissions (Ofsted, DfE)
  • Energy and homes: certificates lodged to date (EPC register)

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