SL5 postcode area guide — Bracknell Forest
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SL5 postcode district in Bracknell Forest — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SL5
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
97.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
81.4%
Gigabit-capable
81.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the SL5 postcode district (Bracknell Forest) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 839 postcodes Ofcom measures in SL5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 97.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 81.4%.
Around 0.2% of premises in SL5 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in SL5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SL5 0AA | 100% | 100% |
| SL5 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| SL5 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| SL5 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| SL5 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| SL5 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| SL5 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| SL5 0AL | 100% | 95.5% |
| SL5 0AN | 100% | 100% |
| SL5 0AP | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Bracknell Forest
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Bracknell Forest district (56,723 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
97.3%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
81%
Voice indoors — all networks
97.9%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SL5
Police recorded 32 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SL5 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 11 | 34.4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 | 18.8% |
| Vehicle crime | 4 | 12.5% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 3 | 9.4% |
| Shoplifting | 3 | 9.4% |
| Burglary | 2 | 6.3% |
| Other theft | 2 | 6.3% |
| Public order | 1 | 3.1% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in SL5
Based on 250 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SL5 is £590,000, down 12.6% on the previous year (£675,000).
Detached
£1,150,000
80 sales
Semi-detached
£540,000
65 sales
Terraced
£500,000
35 sales
Flat / maisonette
£315,000
61 sales
Latest recorded sales in SL5
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | £470,000 | Terraced | Station Road | SL5 0QQ |
| 12 May 2026 | £1,250,000 | Semi-detached | Kingswood | SL5 8AN |
| 11 May 2026 | £550,000 | Terraced | Oriental Road | SL5 7AZ |
| 11 May 2026 | £710,000 | Detached | Whitelands Drive | SL5 8LR |
| 8 May 2026 | £690,000 | Detached | Guards Court | SL5 0ES |
| 8 May 2026 | £405,000 | Flat | Heathfield Avenue | SL5 0AN |
| 8 May 2026 | £950,000 | Detached | Carbery Lane | SL5 7EJ |
| 1 May 2026 | £562,500 | Semi-detached | Truss Hill Road | SL5 9AL |
| 1 May 2026 | £580,000 | Terraced | Station Road | SL5 0QQ |
| 1 May 2026 | £277,500 | Flat | Eastcote Place | SL5 8JD |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Bracknell Forest demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Bracknell Forest district (124,607 residents, 50,245 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19.8% |
| 15–29 | 23.6% |
| 30–44 | 22% |
| 45–64 | 19.6% |
| 65+ | 15.2% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 66.8% |
| Private rented | 15.8% |
| Social rented | 10.7% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SL5
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charters School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,707 | SL5 9QY |
| LVS Ascot | Not applicable | 4–19 | 730 | SL5 8DR |
| Ascot Heath Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 403 | SL5 8PN |
| St Mary's School Ascot | Not applicable | 11–18 | 401 | SL5 9JF |
| The Marist School | Not applicable | 2–18 | 401 | SL5 7PS |
| Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Sunningdale | Primary | 4–11 | 211 | SL5 0NJ |
| Papplewick School | Not applicable | 6–13 | 211 | SL5 7LH |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot | Primary | 4–11 | 210 | SL5 9HG |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in SL5
165 rated food businesses operate in SL5. 107 hold the top rating of 5, 18 are rated 4, and 9 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Asante Coffee Ltd, Ascot Butchers, Ascot Day Centre, Ascot Day Nursery, Ascot Grange Care Home.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SL5
From a sample of 135 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 SL5 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 45% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
11%
Band C
34%
Band D
32%
Band E
19%
Band F
4%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Bracknell Forest
Landlines around SL5 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.