Postcode · Epping
Crime in CM16 7LU
How much crime is recorded in CM16 7LU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Theydon Bois & Abridge
- Council
- Epping Forest
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,308 (2024)
CM16 7LUEpping
How safe is CM16 7LU
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CM16 7LU area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
18.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
29
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CM16 7LUNational
Burglary18.09.1
Violence and sexual offences8.823.6
Vehicle crime4.43.5
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Public order2.54.6
Other theft1.94.5
Anti-social behaviour1.210.7
Other crime0.91.5
Shoplifting0.68.4
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 28% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.