Overview of Epping Forest crime rate
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The most frequent crime categories include violence and sexual offences (34.4%), vehicle crime (13.2%), and anti-social behaviour (9.1%). Meanwhile, the rarest crimes were theft from the person, possession of weapons, and bicycle theft, each accounting for less than 1% of total incidents.
In Epping Forest, which is divided into 32 wards, Loughton Broadway, Waltham Abbey South West, and Waltham Abbey High Beach are noted for higher crime rates, whereas Loughton Roding, Theydon Bois, and Lower Sheering are among the safest. Similarly, the postcode districts EN8, CM1, and CM18 report higher crime statistics, while CM15, CM21, and CM4 are comparatively safer.
Epping Forest crime incidents by crime type
- Violence and sexual offences – 3919 (34.4)%
- Vehicle crime – 1504 (13.2)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 1037 (9.1)%
- Other theft – 1006 (8.8)%
- Public order – 911 (8.0)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 843 (7.4)%
- Shoplifting – 605 (5.3)%
- Burglary – 589 (5.2)%
- Drugs – 384 (3.4)%
- Other crime – 202 (1.8)%
- Robbery – 152 (1.3)%
- Theft from the person – 103 (0.9)%
- Possession of weapons – 101 (0.9)%
- Bicycle theft – 34 (0.3)%
How does Epping Forest compare against nearby areas ?
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
Heat map for all nearby areas Epping Forest is compared against
Crime rates in Epping Forest wards
There are 32 wards within Epping Forest. Loughton Broadway, Waltham Abbey South West, Waltham Abbey High Beach has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
List of all 32 wards from high crime rate to low.
- Loughton Broadway (220.4)
- Waltham Abbey South West (177.7)
- Waltham Abbey High Beach (138.1)
- Passingford (123.5)
- Shelley (96.3)
- Waltham Abbey Paternoster (92.6)
- Epping Hemnall (91.2)
- Buckhurst Hill East (91.1)
- Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village (88.5)
- Loughton St Mary’s (87.0)
- Chigwell Village (82.8)
- Loughton Alderton (82.2)
- Loughton Forest (80.4)
- Lower Nazeing (79.6)
- Roydon (78.2)
- Lambourne (78.0)
- Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash (77.0)
- Waltham Abbey Honey Lane (73.8)
- Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common (73.3)
- Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing (71.5)
- North Weald Bassett (70.6)
- Loughton St John’s (67.2)
- Buckhurst Hill West (64.2)
- Loughton Fairmead (64.1)
- Waltham Abbey North East (63.6)
- Chigwell Row (60.8)
- Moreton and Fyfield (58.8)
- High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings (58.4)
- Grange Hill (58.0)
- Loughton Roding (56.5)
- Theydon Bois (45.9)
- Lower Sheering (34.0)
Analyze trends and crime types for Epping Forest wards
Crime rates in postcode districts under Epping Forest
There are 21 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Epping Forest. Highest crime rates in EN8, CM1, CM18 .
- EN8 – 127.3
- CM1 – 126.8
- CM18 – 115.7
- CM22 – 104.6
- RM4 – 104.0
- EN9 – 97.2
- IG10 – 95.5
- E4 – 94.6
- EN11 – 88.8
- CM19 – 87.6
- IG4 – 82.6
- CM17 – 80.2
- EN10 – 74.7
- CM16 – 73.6
- CM5 – 73.4
- IG9 – 72.0
- IG7 – 69.2
- IG8 – 67.9
- CM15 – 64.0
- CM21 – 54.2
- CM4 – 49.5
Postcode districts in Epping Forest
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