Overview of Epping Forest crime rate
Crime rating – low.
Epping Forest ranks 21st out of 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts for crime rate. In 2023, there were 11390 crime incidents reported. As per the latest census, Epping Forest has a population of 134980. This equates to a crime rate of 84.38 per 1000 residents. This crime rate represents a decrease of 7.11 % compared to previous year.
Epping Forest ranks 21st out of 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts for crime rate. In 2023, there were 11390 crime incidents reported. As per the latest census, Epping Forest has a population of 134980. This equates to a crime rate of 84.38 per 1000 residents. This crime rate represents a decrease of 7.11 % compared to previous year.
Most common crime types in Epping Forest are Violence and sexual offences (34.4%) Vehicle crime (13.2%) Anti-social behaviour (9.1%) and least common crime types are Theft from the person (0.9%) Possession of weapons (0.9%) Bicycle theft (0.3%).
There are 32 wards in Epping Forest. Wards with high crime rates are Loughton Broadway (220.4), Waltham Abbey South West (177.7), Waltham Abbey High Beach (138.1) . On the other end, safest wards are Loughton Roding (56.5), Theydon Bois (45.9), Lower Sheering (34.0) .
Similarly, looking at Postcode districts that are within or overlapping with Epping Forest, we see high crime rates in EN8 (127.3), CM1 (126.8), CM18 (115.7) . Safest postcode districts are CM15 (64.0), CM21 (54.2), CM4 (49.5) .
Epping Forest crime incidents by crime type
A total of 11390 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown 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 ?
Epping Forest ranks 21st when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.
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.
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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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