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Is Maidenhead a good place to live? 2026 area guide

South East / Windsor & Maidenhead·Last updated:

Typical sold price
£490,000
Crime (latest month)
261/mo
Flood risk
Zone 1
Rental yield
4.4%

Is Maidenhead a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, the typical sold price is £490,000, 261 recorded crimes a month, flood risk is Zone 1, indicative gross rental yield is around 4.4%. Maidenhead, a premium Thames-side commuter market. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Maidenhead's 1 postcode area (SL6); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.

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A summary of each metric for Maidenhead, fused across its postcode areas from official UK data. Follow any card to the full breakdown, sources and the per-address checks.

Typical sold price£490,000

Across Maidenhead the typical (median) sold price is £490,000, aggregated from HM Land Registry data over 1 outcode (SL6).

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Crime (latest month)261/mo

data.police.uk recorded 261 crimes in the latest month across Maidenhead's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Maidenhead has safer and busier streets — check the exact address.

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Flood riskZone 1

The representative points across Maidenhead sit outside the mapped higher-risk EA flood zones (Zone 1). Risk still varies by street and surface water — check the exact address.

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Rental yield4.4%

The indicative gross rental yield across Maidenhead is about 4.4% — ONS mean rent against the HM Land Registry median price. Indicative and area-level, not address-specific.

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What are house prices like in Maidenhead?

Across Maidenhead the typical (median) sold price is £490,000, aggregated from HM Land Registry data over 1 outcode (SL6).

Is Maidenhead a safe place to live?

data.police.uk recorded 261 crimes in the latest month across Maidenhead's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Maidenhead has safer and busier streets — check the exact address.

Is Maidenhead at risk of flooding?

The representative points across Maidenhead sit outside the mapped higher-risk EA flood zones (Zone 1). Risk still varies by street and surface water — check the exact address.

What are the EPC ratings like in Maidenhead?

Across Maidenhead the modal EPC band is D, with 25.7% of sampled certificates at band C or above, based on the public MHCLG EPC register sampled across the town's postcodes.

A

0.9%

B

5.5%

C

19.3%

D

37.6%

E

23.9%

F

12.8%

G

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What are the schools and transport like in Maidenhead?

School catchments and transport links vary street by street within Maidenhead. A full HouseCheckup property report shows the catchment-area schools for any address with their Ofsted history, plus the nearest stations and broadband speeds drawn from NaPTAN and Ofcom data. Search an address below for the property-level picture.

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Frequently asked questions about Maidenhead

Is Maidenhead a good place to live?

Is Maidenhead a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, the typical sold price is £490,000, 261 recorded crimes a month, flood risk is Zone 1, indicative gross rental yield is around 4.4%. Maidenhead, a premium Thames-side commuter market. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Maidenhead's 1 postcode area (SL6); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.

What is the average house price in Maidenhead?

Across Maidenhead the typical (median) sold price is £490,000, aggregated from HM Land Registry data over 1 outcode (SL6). See the Maidenhead sold-prices pages for the full recent-sales tables and local price trend.

Is Maidenhead a safe place to live, and is it at flood risk?

data.police.uk recorded 261 crimes in the latest month across Maidenhead's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Maidenhead has safer and busier streets — check the exact address. The representative points across Maidenhead sit outside the mapped higher-risk EA flood zones (Zone 1). Risk still varies by street and surface water — check the exact address. Both are area-level screens — risk varies street by street, so check the exact address with the HouseCheckup tools.

What rental yield does Maidenhead achieve?

The indicative gross rental yield across Maidenhead is about 4.4% — ONS mean rent against the HM Land Registry median price. Indicative and area-level, not address-specific. See the rental-yield pages for the by-bedroom rent breakdown.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Rent data: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), April 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Flood data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026 (OGL v3.0). Flood Re eligibility based on floodre.co.uk criteria — indicative only; insurers make final decisions. Contains Mining Remediation Authority data © Mining Remediation Authority, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026 (GeoClimate UKCP18 Open). Indicative Atlas of Radon — © Crown copyright UKHSA; contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI. Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses. Energy Performance of Buildings Data: England and Wales — MHCLG, OGL v3.0