Total Crime Rate

102.6 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 102.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.6 8/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Other crime 7.9 9/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lawton Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Loughton Fairmead , and the 77th 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 Lawton Road (IG10 2AE) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.8% lower than the Loughton Fairmead average (120.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 63.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawton Road (IG10 2AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mornington Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swanshope (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lawton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Lawton Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leaden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ibbetson Path Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ibbetson Path Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rochford Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mornington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mornington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Mornington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mornington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mornington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leaden Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1168 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft A1168 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Appleton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newpiece Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Prescott Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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