Crime Statistics for Chigwell Row, Epping Forest, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Chigwell Row, Epping Forest

There were a total of 116 street level crime incidents in Chigwell Row in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Chigwell Row, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime39
Anti Social Behaviour26
Other Theft11
Criminal Damage Arson9
Vehicle Crime8
Burglary8
Drugs6
Public Order4
Other Crime2
Possession Of Weapons1
Robbery1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime116

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Chigwell Row. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Chigwell Row

We've taken the ten nearest places to Chigwell Row and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Chigwell Row has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Fullwell Cross (2.24 miles)293
Fairlop (1.96 miles)256
Hainault (1.39 miles)250
Grange Hill (1.39 miles)198
Chigwell Row116
Marks Gate (2.24 miles)109
Chigwell (1.86 miles)89
Lambourne End (0.88 miles)25
Abridge (1.86 miles)25
Lambourne (1.96 miles)18

16.49%
of Chigwell Row residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Chigwell Row?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Chigwell Row and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Fullwell Cross105
Hainault89
Grange Hill79
Fairlop76
Marks Gate40
Chigwell Row39
Chigwell31
Lambourne End7
Abridge7
Lambourne6

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Chigwell Row?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Chigwell Row to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Chigwell Row compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chigwell Row and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Chigwell Row is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Loughton Alderton74
2Loughton Roding74
3Chadwell Heath74
4Grange Hill69
5Hainault68
6Loughton Broadway66
7Chigwell Village64
8Fairlop61
9Chigwell Row60
10Lambourne53
11Chadwell50

Which road in Chigwell Row has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Chigwell Row with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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