Total Crime Rate
19.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Severns Field area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Epping East , and the 35th lowest crime rate of 374 local areas in Epping Forest .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Severns Field (CM16 5AP) in the last 12 months was 19.7 per 1,000 residents and was 72.8% lower than the Epping East average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Severns Field (CM16 5AP), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 100 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severns Field | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grove Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wedgewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Star Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wedgewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Star Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingels Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Margaret Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Star Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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