Crime Statistics for Chigwell, Epping Forest, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 49 street level crime incidents in Chigwell in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Chigwell, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	17
Vehicle Crime	9
Public Order	6
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Other Theft	4
Burglary	3
Shoplifting	2
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Robbery	2
All Crime	49

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Loughton (1.86 miles)	213
Grange Hill (0.88 miles)	53
Buckhurst Hill (1.24 miles)	52
Chigwell	49
Hainault (1.75 miles)	28
Chigwell Row (1.86 miles)	27
Lambourne End (2.55 miles)	15
Friday Hill (2.48 miles)	1
Fullwell Cross (1.96 miles)	0
Fairlop (2.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Chigwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Loughton	67
Grange Hill	26
Hainault	18
Chigwell	17
Chigwell Row	16
Buckhurst Hill	14
Lambourne End	9
Friday Hill	0
Fullwell Cross	0
Fairlop	0

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

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 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 compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chigwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Chigwell is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Loughton Alderton	74
2	Loughton Roding	74
3	Grange Hill	69
4	Hainault	68
5	Chigwell Village	64
6	Buckhurst Hill East	62
7	Fairlop	61
8	Bridge	57
9	Buckhurst Hill West	55
10	Fullwell	55
11	Churchfields	50

Which road in Chigwell has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Chigwell with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around M11.