Crime Statistics for Loughton, Epping Forest, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 213 street level crime incidents in Loughton in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Loughton, 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	67
Shoplifting	38
Anti Social Behaviour	25
Vehicle Crime	21
Drugs	13
Other Theft	12
Burglary	9
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Public Order	7
Possession Of Weapons	4
Other Crime	4
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	213

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 Loughton. 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 Loughton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Loughton	213
Grange Hill (2.56 miles)	53
Buckhurst Hill (2.24 miles)	52
Chigwell (1.86 miles)	49
Chigwell Row (2.63 miles)	27
Lambourne End (2.77 miles)	15
Abridge (1.86 miles)	12
Lippitts Hill (2.48 miles)	10
High Beach (1.96 miles)	9
Lambourne (2.48 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Loughton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Loughton	67
Grange Hill	26
Chigwell	17
Chigwell Row	16
Buckhurst Hill	14
Lambourne End	9
Lippitts Hill	2
High Beach	2
Abridge	0
Lambourne	0

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

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 Loughton 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 Loughton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Loughton St Mary's	76
2	Loughton Fairmead	75
3	Loughton Alderton	74
4	Loughton Roding	74
5	Loughton St John's	68
6	Loughton Broadway	66
7	Chigwell Village	64
8	Buckhurst Hill East	62
9	Loughton Forest	56
10	Buckhurst Hill West	55
11	Lambourne	53

Which road in Loughton has the highest level of crime?

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