Postcode · Ongar
Crime in CM5 9DF
How much crime is recorded in CM5 9DF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Chipping Ongar
- Council
- Epping Forest
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,471 (2024)
CM5 9DFOngar
How safe is CM5 9DF
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CM5 9DF 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
18.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
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).
CM5 9DFNational
Violence and sexual offences12.123.6
Vehicle crime5.23.5
Burglary2.69.1
Other theft2.44.5
Public order1.94.6
Anti-social behaviour1.610.7
Criminal damage and arson1.34.7
Drugs1.12.4
Other crime0.51.5
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Shoplifting0.38.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 29% 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.