Upton Lea
Suburb · 18,143 residents
61Good
Good · better than 6 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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What’s good
- 100% of schools are rated Good or better by Ofsted
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 77 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Food & drink scores 31, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Upton Lea
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Is Upton Lea a good place to live?
Upton Lea scores 61/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for schools (72) and safety (70).
It scores lowest on food & drink (31).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Upton Lea in South East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Upton Lea
Terraced streets and postwar semis dominate here, interrupted by newer flat conversions near the centre — the kind of place where a For Sale board is as likely to say "leasehold flat" as "three-bed semi," and both sell. It's dense for a suburb, with a younger-than-average population milling around a high street that feels more functional than done-up. You get the sense of a place still working out what it wants to be.
The practical picture is a mixed one. Slough Rail Station anchors the commute — useful if you're heading into London or along the Thames Valley corridor — though with only one station serving the area, you're reliant on it rather than spoilt for choice. Schools swing widely: Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School and St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School both carry Outstanding ratings, and St Bernard's progress-8 score of 0.93 is genuinely strong, but the area's average Ofsted rating sits below the national norm and at least one secondary posts a firmly negative progress-8. This is a place where the school you get into matters more than the area-wide average suggests. Housing is where it gets interesting: median prices sit close to Slough's own borough average, and semi-detached homes here actually sell for nearly double the national semi-detached median — a sign that decent family houses carry a real premium even as flats trade below the national flat price. Freehold ownership dominates the sales mix, so most of what's on the market is a proper house, not a share of a block.