Harlow crime rate possession of weapons February 2026

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.

Secondly, Burglary was done.

Thirdly we looked at Criminal Damage & Arson.

Next we looked at Drugs.

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. Grays RM16 5. This postcode recorded 567% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
2. Harlow CM20 3. This postcode recorded 508% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
3. Southend on Sea SS1 1. This postcode recorded 427% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
4. Southend on Sea SS1 2. This postcode recorded 419% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
5. Basildon SS14 1. This postcode recorded 335% 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. Jaywick CO15 2. This postcode recorded 292% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
8. Clacton on Sea CO15 1. This postcode recorded 272% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.
9. Harlow CM18 6. This postcode recorded 259% of the national crime rate for possession of weapons.

How did Harlow fair?

Again, this is not such a good category for Harlow as 2 of its postcodes made the top 10.

CM20 3 was the second worse in Essex, while cM18 6 was 10th.

Here’s the full set of Harlow stats:

1. CM20 3 with 508% of the national average. This compares with 332% 6 months ago & 255% a year ago.
2. CM18 6 with 259% of the national average. This compares with 230% 6 months ago & 210% a year ago.
3. CM20 1 with 203% of the national average. This compares with 165% 6 months ago & 190% a year ago.
4. CM18 7 with 156% of the national average. This compares with 113% 6 months ago & 114% a year ago.
5. CM17 9 with 142% of the national average. This compares with 85% 6 months ago & 64% a year ago.
6. CM20 2 with 118% of the national average. This compares with 175% 6 months ago197% a year ago.
7. CM19 4 with 87% of the national average. This compares with 130% 6 months ago & 222% a year ago.
8. CM17 0 with 79% of the national average. This compares with 165% 6 months ago & 125% a year ago.
9. CM19 5 with 58% of the national average. This compares with 81% 6 months ago & 91% a year ago.

Conclusion

5 Harlow postcodes went up for possession of weapons.

4. Harlow postcodes went down for possession of weapons.

Overall the crime rate for possession of weapons went up by 16% over the last year.

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