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Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green

Middle area

West Epping Forest. 8,959 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 45 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 20% of people in Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£570,000
Joint 612th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,817
Joint 2,329th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
20%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green at a rate of 62.8 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.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences210
Other crime110
Vehicle crime69
Anti-social behaviour53
Burglary47
Criminal damage and arson45
Drug offences13
Shoplifting11
Robbery4
Theft from the person1

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping GreenMiddle
Median sale price17 middle areas, Epping Forest · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Epping Forest17 areas from £390,000 to £825,000. The middle area is £570,000. Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green is £570,000.
£570,0009th most expensive
Population17 middle areas, Epping Forest · 2021
Population: every middle area in Epping Forest17 areas from 6,034 to 11,752. The middle area is 7,602. Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green is 8,817.
8,8176th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 middle areas, Epping Forest · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Epping Forest17 areas from 0.0% to 20.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green is 20.0%.
20%most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage17 middle areas, Epping Forest · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Epping Forest17 areas from 70.9% to 96.4%. The middle area is 89.4%. Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green is 88.7%.
88.7%8th lowest

Is Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green at a rate of 62.8 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, 50 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (210), other crime (110) and vehicle crime (69).

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 Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green alone. See Epping Forest

Average house price
£530,653
Down 0.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£45,618
44th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
11.6×
27th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.1
Joint 81st least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green in brief

The median price paid for a home in Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green was £570,000 in 2025.

Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green had 8,817 usual residents at the census.

About 20% of people in Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Roydon, Lower Nazeing & Epping Green, 88.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.