Total Crime Rate
1116.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Langston Road area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Loughton Fairmead , and the highest crime rate of 376 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 Langston Road (IG10 3SD) in the last 12 months was 1116.4 per 1,000 residents and was 826.6% higher than the Loughton Fairmead average (120.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 249 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 134 (≈ 278.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Langston Road (IG10 3SD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 261 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Loughton Fairmead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Debden | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Torrington Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chigwell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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