Harlow crime rate possession of weapons 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 and in many cases, Harlow is extremely safe in comparison to many other towns.”

Here, Jukes deals with various crime categories:

Firstly, Anti Social Behaviour was our first blog that was published on 26th August.

Secondly, Burglary was done on 27th August.

Thirdly we looked at Criminal Damage & Arson on 28th August.

Next we looked at Drugs on 29th August.

Today it’s Possession of Weapons.

Followed by Robbery.

Then it’s Vehicle Theft.

Penultimately Violent Crime.

Finally, we will 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/).

Possession of weapons

Below are the top ten Essex hot spots for Criminal Damage & Arson 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.

1. Southend on Sea SS1 2. This postcode recorded 446% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
2. Clacton on Sea CO15 1. This postcode recorded 351% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
3. Basildon SS14 1. This postcode recorded 351% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
4. Chelmsford CM1 1. This postcode recorded 346% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
5. Harlow CM20 3. This postcode recorded 332% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
6. Basildon SS13 3. This postcode recorded 330% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
7. Southend on Sea SS1 1. This postcode recorded 328% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
8. Clacton on Sea CO15 3. This postcode recorded 251% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
9. Colchester CO1 1. This postcode recorded 247% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.

How did Harlow fair?

One Harlow postcode sector (CM20 3) unfortunately made the Essex top 10. Below is how the other eight faired.

1. CM18 6 with 230% of the national average. This compares with 210% 6 months ago.
2. CM20 2 with 175% of the national average. This compares with 197% 6 months ago.
3. CM20 1 with 165% of the national average. This compares with 190% 6 months ago.
4. CM17 0 with 165% of the national average. This compares with 125% 6 months ago.
5. CM19 4 with 130% of the national average. This compares with 222% 6 months ago.
6. CM18 7 with 113% of the national average. This compares with 114% 6 months ago.
7. CM17 9 with 85% of the national average. This compares with 64% 6 months ago.
8. CM19 5 with 81% of the national average. This compares with 91% 6 months ago.

Conclusion

4 Harlow postcode sectors went up when it came to possession of weapons.

5 Harlow postcode sectors came down.

Overall the crime rate for possession of weapons rose by 1 % to 164% of the national average. This is from 163% of 6 months ago.

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