Total Crime Rate

84.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Robbery 6.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Shingle Court area has the 35th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Waltham Abbey North , and the 112th 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 Shingle Court (EN9 3HD) in the last 12 months was 84.4 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% higher than the Waltham Abbey North average (80.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shingle Court (EN9 3HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haywood Court, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Neal Court (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Shingle Court area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Farmers Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillhouse —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mallion Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mallion Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Webster Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fullers Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fullers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sudicamps Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winters Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Neal Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillhouse Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillhouse —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Read Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neal Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Haywood Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Haywood Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Merlin Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peregrin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Haywood Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Edward Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haywood Court Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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