Crime Statistics for North Weald Bassett, Epping Forest, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for North Weald Bassett, Epping Forest

There were a total of 13 street level crime incidents in North Weald Bassett 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 North Weald Bassett, 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 Crime5
Anti Social Behaviour3
Vehicle Crime3
Criminal Damage Arson1
Burglary1
All Crime13

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 North Weald Bassett. 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 North Weald Bassett

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Coopersale Common (1.75 miles)79
Gernon Bushes (1.75 miles)79
Tyler’s Green (0.88 miles)17
Hastingwood (1.96 miles)16
North Weald Bassett13
Bovinger (1.96 miles)6
Lower Bobbingworth Green (1.96 miles)6
Toot Hill (1.75 miles)5
Greensted Green (1.96 miles)3
Colliers Hatch (1.39 miles)2

6.72%
of North Weald Bassett residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near North Weald Bassett?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Coopersale Common17
Gernon Bushes17
Tyler’s Green8
North Weald Bassett5
Bovinger3
Lower Bobbingworth Green3
Toot Hill3
Greensted Green3
Hastingwood0
Colliers Hatch0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in North Weald Bassett?

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 North Weald Bassett 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 North Weald Bassett compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing84
2Passingford82
3Staple Tye76
4Harlow Common64
5North Weald Bassett58
6Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common58
7Theydon Bois58
8Epping Hemnall56
9Sumners and Kingsmoor50
10Moreton and Fyfield46
11Church Langley19

Which road in North Weald Bassett has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in North Weald Bassett with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Vicarage Lane (West).

Last updated: January 2024
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