Total Crime Rate

55.9 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 55.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Robbery 8.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.3 3/10
  • Burglary 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Murtwell Drive area has the 9th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Grange Hill , and the 187th 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 Murtwell Drive (IG7 5ED) in the last 12 months was 55.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.3% higher than the Grange Hill average (50.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 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). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Murtwell Drive (IG7 5ED), the main crime hotspot is near Limes Avenue. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Murtwell Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Shrubberies Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hathaway Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Shrublands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Shrubberies Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Shrubberies Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Murtwell Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Murtwell Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fencepiece Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westmede Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orange Grove Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Regency Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Greenside Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenside Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Limes Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Anne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Square —
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Data Sources

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