Total Crime Rate

152.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 152.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.2 9/10
  • Burglary 17.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Robbery 8.7 9/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Willingale Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Loughton Fairmead , and the 32nd 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 Willingale Road (IG10 2BX) in the last 12 months was 152.8 per 1,000 residents and was 26.8% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 91.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willingale Road (IG10 2BX), the main crime hotspot is near Austen Close. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Willingale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Rookwood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Austen Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rockwood Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rockwood Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Rockwood Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Rochford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rochford Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Etheridge Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Etheridge Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lytton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willingale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collard Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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