Total Crime Rate

117.9 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 117.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Swans 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.

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Crime Over Time in Swans Hope area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Colebrook Path Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Droveway
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colebrook Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colebrook Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Colebrook Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colebrook Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chandler Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chandler Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Droveway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chandler Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chester Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chester Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Appleton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lawton Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Pyrles Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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