Total Crime Rate

73.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 73.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Fairmeads area has the 14th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Loughton Fairmead , and the 135th highest crime rate of 376 local areas in Epping Forest .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fairmeads (IG10 2NE) in the last 12 months was 73.3 per 1,000 residents and was 39.2% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairmeads (IG10 2NE), 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 Fairmeads area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcroft Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Droveway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newpiece Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Appleton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lawton Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leaden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1168 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft A1168 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Vehicle crime Leaden Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Droveway —
Sep 2025Robbery Pyrles Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcroft Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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