Epping Forest

At a glance, population and employment estimates for Epping Forest.

Population: 132,175
People in Employment: 62,085 (74.2%)
People Inactive: 18,235 (21.8%)
People Unemployed: 3,350 (4.0%)
Number Of Jobs: 37k
Median Salary: £31,370
Mean Salary: £40,872

Crime Statistics

You can view the number of crimes per crime type for this year and the previous. You can also see the trend for each crime type, which shows if crimes committed are getting better, worse or no change.

We also list all of the parliamentary wards for Epping Forest. You'll be able to see the crimes for this year so far and also how many crimes per 1000 people.

If you need to see crimes on a street level, you can use the interactive crime map which shows you crimes and their outcome.

Crime rate by type in Epping Forest for 2025

Epping Forests most common type of crime is: Violence and sexual offences. In 2023 there were 4,495 crimes and in 2022 there were 4,842 crimes. Which is an decrease of 347 crimes.

Crime Type	Previous Year	Trend vs previous year
Vehicle crime	1,220	Getting Better
Other crime	186	Getting Better
Violence and sexual offences	3,390	Getting Better
Criminal damage and arson	725	Getting Better
Possession of weapons	72	Getting Better
Robbery	81	Getting Better
Drugs	301	Getting Better
Burglary	491	Getting Better
Public order	823	Getting Better
Theft from the person	64	Getting Better
Bicycle theft	23	Getting Better
Anti-social behaviour	896	Getting Better
Shoplifting	465	Getting Better
Other theft	860	Getting Better

Number of crimes for Electoral Wards in Epping Forest

Think of Electoral Wards as the boundaries your local councillors represent in your area. Electoral Wards will help you get a better picture of how much crime takes place in and around the places you live.

Loughton Broadway has the highest crime rate of all the wards in Epping Forest, with 1097 crimes and 230 crimes per 1000 people. Whilst Lower Sheering has 90 crimes and 42 crimes per 1000 people.

Name	Crimes in 2025	Crimes per 1000 people
Loughton Forest	0	0
Passingford	0	0
Roydon	0	0
Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing	0	0
Buckhurst Hill East	0	0
Buckhurst Hill West	0	0
Chigwell Row	0	0
Chigwell Village	0	0
Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash	0	0
Epping Hemnall	0	0
Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common	0	0
Grange Hill	0	0
High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings	0	0
Lambourne	0	0
Loughton Alderton	0	0
Loughton Broadway	0	0
Loughton Fairmead	0	0
Loughton Roding	0	0
Loughton St John's	0	0
Loughton St Mary's	0	0
Lower Nazeing	0	0
Lower Sheering	0	0
North Weald Bassett	0	0
Shelley	0	0
Theydon Bois	0	0
Waltham Abbey High Beach	0	0
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane	0	0
Waltham Abbey North East	0	0
Waltham Abbey Paternoster	0	0
Waltham Abbey South West	0	0
Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village	0	0
Moreton and Fyfield	0	0

Crime map for Epping Forest

Showing crimes from the beginning of the year up until 2024-10. Each Marker on the map represents a crime. Click on the marker to find out more about the crime. Please note, all crime locations are approximate.

Housing Statistics

View average house prices by year. We show property prices from 2010 up until the current year. You can also see property prices over time using our interactive chart.

Average property prices by year for Epping Forest

The average property price in Epping Forest is higher than the £290,000 UK average. This could indicate a property shortage in the area pushing prices up or that the average household income in Epping Forest is higher than average. Building and selling properties in Epping Forest could be more profitable.

Year	Avg. Detached Price	Avg. Semi-Detached Price	Avg. Terraced Price	Avg. Flat Price
2023	£1,053,501.49	£612,767.81	£457,939.97	£307,405.42
2022	£1,038,962.60	£604,939.36	£453,395.53	£306,439.32
2021	£949,578.97	£555,188.80	£418,287.42	£293,000.58
2020	£879,736.33	£521,412.63	£392,800.02	£283,981.52
2019	£864,128.84	£511,351.29	£385,872.38	£286,591.15
2018	£869,693.38	£513,901.24	£388,478.32	£293,366.75
2017	£856,996.11	£504,672.83	£383,142.15	£295,859.73
2016	£815,545.10	£481,891.45	£366,501.30	£278,372.08
2015	£723,364.15	£425,990.72	£324,562.70	£246,409.73
2014	£653,525.56	£384,216.82	£294,189.85	£224,009.20
2013	£592,932.69	£344,057.23	£263,262.73	£201,698.01
2012	£568,179.89	£330,154.77	£252,246.37	£195,631.41
2011	£558,483.41	£321,029.64	£244,281.76	£193,110.12
2010	£554,043.46	£321,413.95	£245,932.95	£195,770.40

Property prices over time for Epping Forest

Showing crimes from 2010 up until October 2024. You can use the interactive chart to zoom in on a timeframe to see greater detail.

Employment and Annual Salary information for Epping Forest

The median salary in Epping Forest is £31,370 and the mean salary in Epping Forest is £40,872.00. The median value is a better indicator of salary in a region since the mean salary can be skewed by a small number of people that are high earners.

Number of Jobs (thousands): 37k
Median Salary: £31,370
Annual Percentage Change: 9.3%
Mean Salary: £40,872

Salary comparison between Epping Forest and East

See how Epping Forest compares to the rest of East. Jobs per thousand, median and mean salary as well as annual percentage vs last year.

The highest median salary in East is £36,416 in St Albans and the lowest median salary is £0 in Tendring. Epping Forest ranks 10 out of 45 in terms of median salary.

Location	Jobs (thousands)	Median Salary	Annual Percentage Change	Mean Salary	Annual Percentage Change
St Albans	52k	£36,416	-1.9%	£56,468	12.8%
South Cambridgeshire	71k	£35,367	4.9%	£40,105	-1.3%
North Hertfordshire	53k	£35,179	19.5%	£40,413	15.6%
East Hertfordshire	52k	£34,659	13.8%	£50,553	19.2%
Brentwood	25k	£34,561	26.6%	£56,097	0.0%
Cambridge	46k	£34,165	9.7%	£39,909	2.9%
Central Bedfordshire UA	117k	£33,686	11.4%	£36,988	10.2%
Broxbourne	33k	£32,996	21.3%	£39,457	25.7%
Rochford	24k	£32,685	2.8%	£39,835	1.8%
Three Rivers	33k	£32,665	11.6%	£43,085	11.3%
Chelmsford	50k	£30,977	5.1%	£36,828	0.7%
Thurrock UA	54k	£30,696	4.4%	£34,156	2.4%
Watford	30k	£29,915	3.7%	£36,794	11.9%
Dacorum	52k	£29,431	7.8%	£34,983	5.9%
Braintree	53k	£29,336	10.3%	£34,411	11.5%
Bedford UA	74k	£29,225	9.8%	£33,852	7.5%
Huntingdonshire	74k	£29,066	2.9%	£32,399	4.5%
Southend-on-Sea UA	49k	£28,717	4.2%	£35,412	4.6%
Stevenage	29k	£28,393	20.1%	£31,170	7.0%
Colchester	68k	£28,121	15.7%	£36,704	18.8%
Basildon	56k	£27,926	3.4%	£33,398	6.7%
Castle Point	26k	£27,865	0.0%	£35,537	10.0%
Hertsmere	33k	£27,837	5.5%	£32,125	1.1%
Broadland	41k	£27,028	9.1%	£31,596	16.8%
West Suffolk	57k	£27,000	4.8%	£32,964	1.7%
Babergh	33k	£26,911	0.8%	£33,212	-6.0%
Harlow	31k	£26,893	8.2%	£29,180	4.9%
South Norfolk	42k	£26,654	0.3%	£30,801	5.4%
Fenland	38k	£26,537	12.9%	£29,811	13.6%
Mid Suffolk	43k	£26,183	2.4%	£31,515	11.1%
Great Yarmouth	31k	£26,164	17.4%	£27,611	9.1%
Norwich	41k	£25,802	2.5%	£29,927	-4.5%
Luton UA	65k	£25,402	4.2%	£28,032	5.4%
East Suffolk	91k	£24,886	6.5%	£28,665	8.0%
Ipswich	58k	£24,846	4.5%	£28,637	8.6%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	53k	£24,778	9.5%	£28,449	6.4%
Breckland	47k	£24,659	2.1%	£26,526	3.0%
Peterborough UA	75k	£24,421	-0.6%	£29,370	3.4%
North Norfolk	25k	£23,864	4.8%	£25,505	1.6%
Uttlesford	0k	£0	0.0%	£0	0.0%
East Cambridgeshire	39k	£0	0.0%	£36,736	9.3%
Maldon	0k	£0	0.0%	£0	0.0%
Welwyn Hatfield	34k	£0	0.0%	£33,782	4.9%
Tendring	41k	£0	0.0%	£31,871	11.6%