Total Crime Rate

105.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 43.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.5 7/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Forest Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge , and the 69th highest crime rate of 374 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 Forest Road (IG10 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 105.1 per 1,000 residents and was 121.3% higher than the Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge average (47.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Road (IG10 1EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 151 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Forest Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Priory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clifton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order A121 Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Habgood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Clifton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clifton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clifton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting A121 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clifton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Other theft Forest View Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Shaftesbury Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime The Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft High Beech Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Drive
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Police Station
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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