Harlow crime rate Anti Social Behaviour August 2025

Jukes Estate Agents Harlow start their second in depth look at crime rates in Harlow and where it sits in the bigger picture of Essex and surrounding areas.

Jukes did their first one back in February 2025 and have decided to continue it on a 6 month basis.

Sales and Marketing Director Geoff Flewers explains: “I started these blogs about crime in Harlow because I felt that Harlow was getting a lot of flack for being a horrible nasty town. The reality is that whilst any crime is unwelcome and whilst one crime is one too many, people need to be given the facts. As you will see from this blog and those that follow, Harlow sits mid to low table when it comes to Essex. Therefore, before people start ‘having a go’ at how bad Harlow is, they should look at the bigger picture and see that there many many places in Essex (never mind the entire country), that are far worse off than Harlow.”

Here, Jukes deals with various crime catagories:

Firstly, Anti Social Behaviour.

Secondly, Burglary.

Thirdly, Criminal Damage & Arson.

Next we will look at Drugs.

Then it will be Possession of Weapons.

Followed by Robbery.

Then Vehicle Theft.

Penultimately Violent Crime.

Finally, we look at All Crimes.

There are many people that believe Harlow will ‘top the charts’ for an array of crimes. The following data is supplied by Plumpot (https://a.plumplot.co.uk/).

Anti Social Behaviour

Below are the top ten Essex hot spots for Anti Social Behaviour shown as a percentage of the UK National Average.

IMPORTANT: Stansted Airport tops nearly every category in Essex. When it does, we do not show it as it is not a residential area.

TOP TEN ANTI SOCIAL HOT SPOTS (Excluding Stansted Airport):

1. Southend on Sea (SS1 2) 196% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
2. Basildon (SS13 3) 173% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
3. Tilbury (RM18 7) 168% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
4. Colchester (CO1 1) 161% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
5. Sawbridgeworth (CM21 9) 150% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
6. Chadwell St Mary (RM16 4) 145% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
7. Wickford (SS12 9) 123% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
8. Clacton on Sea (CO15 1) 121% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
9. Southend on Sea (SS1 1) 111% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.

How does Harlow fair?

1. CM18 7 with 74% of the national average. This compares with 75% 6 months ago.
2. CM20 3 with 72% of the national average. This compares with 74% 6 months ago.
3. CM18 6 with 70% of the national average. This compares with 70% 6 months ago.
4. CM20 1 with 66% of the national average. This compares with 85% 6 months ago.
5. CM20 2 with 66% of the national average. This compares with 67% 6 months ago.
6. CM17 0 with 64% of the national average. This compares with 79% 6 months ago.
7. CM17 9 with 56% of the national average. This compares with 60% 6 months ago.
8. CM19 4 with 52% of the national average. This compares with 62% 6 months ago.
9. CM19 5 with 48% of the national average. This compares with 39% 6 months ago.

Conclusion

When it comes to Anti Social Behaviour, Harlow does extremely well against other towns in Essex.

7 of its 9 postcode sectors saw a drop in this type of crime. One sector stood still and 1 sector saw an increase.

Overall Harlow comes in at 63.11% of the national crime rate. This is a welcome drop from 67.88% 6 months ago.

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