Chipping Ongar
Middle areaEast Epping Forest. 7,234 people in 9.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Chipping Ongar live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Chipping Ongar
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chipping Ongar at a rate of 63.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.7 per 1,000 people across Epping Forest.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 190 |
| Other crime | 71 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 70 |
| Vehicle crime | 38 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 31 |
| Shoplifting | 24 |
| Drug offences | 16 |
| Burglary | 14 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Chipping Ongar compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Chipping Ongar safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chipping Ongar at a rate of 63.2 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, 54 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chipping Ongar.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (190), other crime (71) and anti-social behaviour (70).
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 middle area, so they describe all of Epping Forest and not Chipping Ongar alone. See Epping Forest
Chipping Ongar in brief
The median price paid for a home in Chipping Ongar was £442,500 in 2025.
Chipping Ongar had 7,138 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Chipping Ongar live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Chipping Ongar, 91.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.