Crime Statistics for Grange Hill, Epping Forest, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Grange Hill, Epping Forest

There were a total of 198 street level crime incidents in Grange Hill in January 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 Grange Hill, 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 Crime79
Vehicle Crime29
Anti Social Behaviour18
Criminal Damage Arson17
Other Theft14
Burglary13
Robbery7
Shoplifting6
Public Order5
Theft From The Person4
Drugs2
Possession Of Weapons2
Other Crime1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime198

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 Grange Hill. 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 Grange Hill

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Barkingside (1.86 miles)413
Aldborough Hatch (1.96 miles)395
Fullwell Cross (1.24 miles)293
Fairlop (1.39 miles)256
Hainault (0.88 miles)250
Grange Hill198
Buckhurst Hill (1.96 miles)151
Chigwell Row (1.39 miles)116
Chigwell (0.88 miles)89
Lambourne End (2.24 miles)25

35.17%
of Hainault residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Grange Hill?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Aldborough Hatch147
Barkingside126
Fullwell Cross105
Hainault89
Grange Hill79
Fairlop76
Chigwell Row39
Chigwell31
Buckhurst Hill25
Lambourne End7

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

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 Grange Hill 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 Grange Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Grange Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Grange Hill is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Loughton Roding74
2Grange Hill69
3Hainault68
4Chigwell Village64
5Buckhurst Hill East62
6Fairlop61
7Chigwell Row60
8Bridge57
9Fullwell55
10Barkingside54
11Churchfields50

Which road in Grange Hill has the highest level of crime?

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

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