# Loughton

Town in Epping Forest, East of England.

Loughton is a town in Epping Forest, East of England. Median sale price £510,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 79.8 per 1,000 people. About 33,869 people.

Town. Code E63004669. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Epping Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest)

Loughton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Loughton add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £510,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Loughton was £510,000 in 2025. Joint 72nd most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/loughton#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 33,338** (2021). Loughton had 33,338 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 333rd most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/loughton#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Loughton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/loughton#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.2%** (January 2026). In Loughton, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/loughton#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004669) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Loughton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63004669) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 517 homes were sold in Loughton in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004669) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Loughton.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004669) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Loughton had 33,338 usual residents at the census.

## How Loughton compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Loughton | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £510,000 | 13th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 33,338 | 36th most populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.2% | joint 56th highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Loughton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Loughton at a rate of 79.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 231 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Loughton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (962), other crime (428) and shoplifting (327).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Loughton was 87.6 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Loughton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Loughton has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Loughton

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Epping Forest 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021774) | 1,528 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Epping Forest 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021775) | 1,636 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.1% |
| [Epping Forest 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021776) | 1,758 | 311.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 71.0% |
| [Epping Forest 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021777) | 1,462 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Epping Forest 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021778) | 1,539 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Epping Forest 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021779) | 1,603 | 101.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.7% |
| [Epping Forest 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021786) | 1,281 | 51.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.4% |
| [Epping Forest 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021787) | 1,598 | 75.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.4% |
| [Epping Forest 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021788) | 1,613 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.5% |
| [Epping Forest 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021789) | 1,601 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Epping Forest 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021790) | 2,082 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.1% |
| [Epping Forest 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021791) | 1,688 | 164.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.0% |
| [Epping Forest 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021771) | 1,745 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.5% |
| [Epping Forest 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021772) | 1,505 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% |
| [Epping Forest 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021773) | 1,558 | 93.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.6% |
| [Epping Forest 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021783) | 1,581 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.9% |
| [Epping Forest 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021784) | 1,534 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| [Epping Forest 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021780) | 1,388 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| [Epping Forest 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021781) | 1,540 | 146.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.6% |
| [Epping Forest 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021782) | 1,410 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.6% |
| [Epping Forest 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021785) | 1,696 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Epping Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/epping-forest): Dr Neil Hudson (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Epping Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest)

## Postcode districts covering Loughton

[IG10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig10)

## Middle areas in Loughton

[Loughton East](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/loughton-east), [Loughton North](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/loughton-north), [Loughton South](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/loughton-south), [Loughton West](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/loughton-west)

## Towns near Loughton

[Buckhurst Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/buckhurst-hill), [Chigwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chigwell), [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge), [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest), [Epping](https://openindex.co.uk/town/epping), [Waltham Abbey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/waltham-abbey)

## Loughton in brief

Loughton is a town in Epping Forest, East of England.
About 33,869 people lived in Loughton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £510,000 in 2025 across 517 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 79.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Loughton was £510,000 in 2025.
Loughton had 33,338 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Loughton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Loughton, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004669
- Constituency: [Epping Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/epping-forest)
- Council: [Epping Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest)
- Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 7.24 km²
- People, mid-2024: 33,869*
- Neighbourhoods: 21
- Output areas: 105

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Buckhurst Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/buckhurst-hill), [Chigwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chigwell), [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge), [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest), [Epping](https://openindex.co.uk/town/epping), [Waltham Abbey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/waltham-abbey)

## Latest updates for Loughton

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004669

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/loughton, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/loughton#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/loughton