Crime Statistics for Jack’s Hatch, Epping Forest, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 21 street level crime incidents in Jack’s Hatch in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Jack’s Hatch, 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	8
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Public Order	2
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Other Theft	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Other Crime	1
Drugs	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	21

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 Jack’s Hatch. 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 Jack’s Hatch

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Passmores (1.39 miles)	171
Hare Street (1.86 miles)	150
Great Parndon (1.24 miles)	133
Jack’s Hatch	21
Halls Green (1.75 miles)	13
Broadley Common (0.62 miles)	10
Roydon Hamlet (1.39 miles)	10
Harknett’s Gate (0.62 miles)	10
Epping Green (0.62 miles)	4
Epping Upland (1.39 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Jack’s Hatch?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Passmores	65
Hare Street	58
Great Parndon	49
Jack’s Hatch	8
Halls Green	7
Roydon Hamlet	5
Broadley Common	3
Harknett’s Gate	3
Epping Green	2
Epping Upland	2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Jack’s Hatch?

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 Jack’s Hatch 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 Jack’s Hatch compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Toddbrook	76
2	Staple Tye	76
3	Roydon	74
4	Bush Fair	65
5	Harlow Common	64
6	Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common	58
7	Epping Hemnall	56
8	Little Parndon and Hare Street	54
9	Sumners and Kingsmoor	50
10	Great Parndon	46
11	Lower Nazeing	41

Which road in Jack’s Hatch has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Jack’s Hatch with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Ployters Road.