Crime in Loughton
Recorded crime in Loughton is about the Epping Forest average and about the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 14%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Loughton: about 21,409 residents in 16 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 4/10Above average crime
- Living
- 7.7/10Good
- 5-year change
- −14%fewer crimes
- vs the council
- 1.0×the Epping Forest average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Loughton.
Crime over 5 years
Down 14% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of Loughton, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: about the Epping Forest average (about the England and Wales average). 79 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 59% of the harm here
- Burglary: 15% of the harm here
- Robbery: 7% of the harm here
Anti-social behaviour: 18 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Epping Forest (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Epping Forest council area, not only Loughton. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 478 | 3.5 | Down 17% |
| Cars broken into | 382 | 2.8 | Down 27% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 479 | 3.5 | Up 7% |
| Burglary of homes | 300 | 2.2 | About the same |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in IG10
In IG10, the postcode district at the centre of Loughton, 8% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 904 | 6% | 9% | 63% | 17% | 5% |
| Shoplifting | 493 | 13% | 4% | 3% | 80% | 1% |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 265 | 4% | 0% | 7% | 84% | 5% |
| Public order | 177 | 15% | 7% | 40% | 34% | 4% |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 169 | 5% | 5% | 28% | 56% | 7% |
| Other theft | 133 | 2% | 2% | 26% | 67% | 4% |
| Drugs | 128 | 9% | 49% | 5% | 35% | 2% |
| Burglary | 122 | 11% | 1% | 11% | 75% | 2% |
| Other crime | 58 | 26% | 10% | 41% | 14% | 9% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 4% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
Epping Forest, 2023 to 2025: 315 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 87 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 27 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
2.3 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 28% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 1.1 |
| Burglary | 4.8 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 29.6 |
| Drugs | 3.2 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.6 |
| Other crime | 1.6 |
| Other theft | 5.5 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.8 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 10.1 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 6.6 |
| Public order | 6.9 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.3 |
| Shoplifting | 7.8 |
Postcode districts in Loughton
Nearby towns
Council: Epping Forest
Questions about crime in Loughton
- Is Loughton a safe place to live?
- Loughton scores 4 out of 10 for safety (above average crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is about the Epping Forest average.
- Is crime going up or down in Loughton?
- Down 14% over 5 years, from 1,659 recorded crimes a year to 1,429.
- What is the most common crime in Loughton?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 30 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in Loughton compare with Epping Forest?
- Crime severity in Loughton is about the Epping Forest average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in Loughton?
- In IG10, the postcode district at the centre of Loughton, 8% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 47% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many burglaries are solved in Loughton?
- Of 122 burglaries reported in IG10, the postcode district at the centre of Loughton between September 2024 and August 2025, 11% led to someone being charged or summonsed and 75% were closed with no suspect identified.
- How many cars are stolen in Loughton?
- In Epping Forest, the council area Loughton is in, the police recorded 478 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 3.5 per 1,000 residents, down 17% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Loughton?
- 479 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in Epping Forest, the council area Loughton is in, 3.5 per 1,000 residents, 0.7 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Loughton last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in Epping Forest, the council area Loughton is in, against 2 the year before.