Total Crime Rate

316.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 316.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 101.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 71.7 9/10
  • Other theft 55.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Ongar , and the 11th highest crime rate of 376 local areas in Epping Forest .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (CM5 9AL) in the last 12 months was 316.0 per 1,000 residents and was 398.9% higher than the Ongar average (63.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 114.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CM5 9AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Banson'S Lane (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carters Yard —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carters Yard —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bansons Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bansons Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Churchill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Love Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carters Yard —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carters Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carters Yard —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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