Total Crime Rate

200.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 200.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 111.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.7 9/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Limes Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Grange Hill , and the 21st 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 Limes Avenue (IG7 5NT) in the last 12 months was 200.7 per 1,000 residents and was 299.7% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Limes Avenue (IG7 5NT), the main crime hotspot is near Copperfield. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Limes Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westmede Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences View Close Under investigation
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 Orange Grove Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Regency Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Limes Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Amanda Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amanda Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amanda Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copperfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Copperfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copperfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime High Meadows Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Meadows Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Meadows Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bernards Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bernards Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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