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Crime in IG10 3

How much crime is recorded in IG10 3, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Epping Forest
Region
East of England
Population
18,885 (2024)
Crime

How safe is IG10 3

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 28.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in IG10 3, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
28.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
63
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

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).

IG10 3National
Violence and sexual offences20.223.6
Shoplifting17.28.4
Burglary11.39.1
Anti-social behaviour7.210.7
Public order4.64.6
Vehicle crime4.53.5
Criminal damage and arson4.04.7
Other theft3.94.5
Drugs2.72.4
Robbery1.01.4
Theft from the person1.02.1
Other crime0.91.5
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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20
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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