Total Crime Rate
117.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Swans Hope area has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Loughton Fairmead , and the 53rd 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 Swans Hope (IG10 2NB) in the last 12 months was 117.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.1% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 80.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swans Hope (IG10 2NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pyrles Lane, where police recorded 18 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.
View Crime In Loughton Fairmead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colebrook Path | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Droveway | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colebrook Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colebrook Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Colebrook Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colebrook Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandler Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandler Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Droveway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandler Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chester Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chester Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Appleton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lawton Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Pyrles Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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