Total Crime Rate

226.6 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 226.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 89.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.2 8/10
  • Drugs 21.6 10/10
  • Other theft 18.0 9/10
  • Public order 18.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Robbery 7.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Southend Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Waltham Abbey North , and the 16th 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 Southend Lane (EN9 3SE) in the last 12 months was 226.6 per 1,000 residents and was 180.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

Crime Over Time in Southend Lane area

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Data Sources

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