Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge
WardSouth west Epping Forest. About 8,208 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge at a rate of 56.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.7 per 1,000 people across Epping Forest.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 43 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (187), other crime (65) and vehicle crime (51).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Epping Forest
These figures are published for the whole of Epping Forest, not for each ward, so they describe all of Epping Forest and not Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge alone. See Epping Forest
Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge in brief
Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge had 8,099 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.