Total Crime Rate

99.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Water Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Epping West & Rural , and the 81st highest crime rate of 376 local areas in Epping Forest .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Water Lane (CM19 5DR) in the last 12 months was 99.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.6% higher than the Epping West & Rural average (99.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 37.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Water Lane area

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Data Sources

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