Total Crime Rate

50.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 50.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.9 1/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Public order 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Seymour Chase area has the 21st highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Epping East , and the 173rd lowest crime rate of 376 local areas in Epping Forest .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Seymour Chase (CM16 6FE) in the last 12 months was 50.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% lower than the Epping East average (70.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seymour Chase (CM16 6FE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Winch View, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Seymour Chase area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Aragon Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Epping Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Winch View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kings Wood Park —
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Data Sources

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