Postcode · Ongar
Crime in CM5 9FF
How much crime is recorded in CM5 9FF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Chipping Ongar
- Council
- Epping Forest
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,700 (2024)
CM5 9FFOngar
How safe is CM5 9FF
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 31.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CM5 9FF area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
31.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
61
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 9FFNational
Violence and sexual offences27.023.6
Shoplifting8.78.4
Anti-social behaviour5.910.7
Public order4.24.6
Burglary4.09.1
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Other theft2.74.5
Drugs2.72.4
Other crime2.31.5
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 6% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.