Total Crime Rate
147.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maybury Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 374 local areas in Epping Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Maybury Close (IG10 3PF) in the last 12 months was 147.3 per 1,000 residents and was 210.2% higher than the Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge average (47.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 78.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maybury Close (IG10 3PF), the main crime hotspot is near Lushes Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colson Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colson Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newmans Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colson Path | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newmans Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crossfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Homecroft Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bryony Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lushes Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lushes Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lushes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lushes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lushes Road | Under investigation |
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