Loughton Forest
WardSouth west Epping Forest. About 6,980 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Loughton Forest live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Loughton Forest compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Loughton Forest safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Loughton Forest at a rate of 87.1 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, 45 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Loughton Forest.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (196), shoplifting (133) and other crime (112).
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 Loughton Forest alone. See Epping Forest
Loughton Forest in brief
Loughton Forest had 6,850 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Loughton Forest live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Loughton Forest, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Loughton Forest, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.