Total Crime Rate

99.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Upshire Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Waltham Abbey North , and the 82nd 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 Upshire Road (EN9 3PB) in the last 12 months was 99.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 59.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upshire Road (EN9 3PB), the main crime hotspot is near Upshire Road. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Upshire Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princesfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Buxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Farmers Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princesfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Thomas'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winters Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Read Court —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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