Standing view · population · Slough
falling, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2025.
Crude birth rate in Slough has been falling. The crude birth rate was 14.4 in 2024 and 13.6 in 2025, and the general fertility rate (GFR) 63.3 in 2024, each recorded as falling against the usual pattern for its year. Live births numbered 2,404 in 2024, the total fertility rate (TFR) was 1.93, and population 166,739 in 2024 and 167,450 in 2025. Three falling readings from a fertility rate that remains comparatively high, with the population still growing, is why the view is held as established rather than strong.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Slough. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Crude birth rate | 2024 | falling |
| General fertility rate (GFR) | 2024 | falling |
| Crude birth rate | 2025 | falling |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2024 | — |
| Live births | 2024 | — |
| Total fertility rate (TFR) | 2024 | — |
| Population | 2025 | — |