Harlow crime rate Robbery February 2026

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 catagories:

Firstly, Anti Social Behaviour was our first blog.

Secondly, Burglary was done.

Thirdly we looked at Criminal Damage & Arson.

Then we looked at Drugs.

Then it was Possession of Weapons.

Today it’s 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/).

Robbery

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

1. Hatfield Peveral CM3 2. This postcode recorded 422% of the national crime rate for Robbery.
2. Southend on Sea SS1 2. This postcode recorded 363% of the national crime rate for Robbery.
3. Southend on Sea SS1 1. This postcode recorded 348% of the national crime rate for Robbery.
4. Basildon SS13 3. This postcode recorded 259% of the national crime rate for Robbery.
5. Colchester CO1 1. This postcode recorded 258% of the national crime rate for Robbery.
6. Tilbury RM18 7. This postcode recorded 225% of the national crime rate for Robbery.
7. Harlow CM20 2 . This postcode recorded 213% of the national crime rate for Robbery.
8. Southend on Sea SSO 7. This postcode recorded 190% of the national crime rate for Robbery.
9. Clacton on Sea CO15 1. This postcode recorded 189% of the national crime rate for Robbery.
10. Basildon SS15 1. This postcode recorded 183% of the national crime rate for Robbery.

How did Harlow fair?

1. CM20 2 with 213% of the national average. This compares with 127% 6 months ago & 110% last year.
2. CM20 1 with 135% of the national average. This compares with 142% 6 months ago & 184% last year.
3. CM20 3 with 119% of the national average. This compares with 144% 6 months ago & 189% last year.
4. CM17 0 with 85% of the national average. This compares with 60% 6 months ago & 73% last year.
5. CM18 6 with 72% of the national average. This compares with 90% 6 months ago & 89% last year.
6. CM19 4 with 71% of the national average. This compares with 94% 6 months ago & 120% last year.
7. CM18 7 with 69% of the national average. This compares with 82% 6 months ago & 107% last year.
8. CM17 9 with 58% of the national average. This compares with 77% 6 months ago & 75% last year.
9. CM19 5 with 49% of the national average. This compares with 51% 6 months ago & 36% last year.

Conclusion

6 Harlow postcodes have seen a drop in crime rate for robbery in the last year

3 Harlow postcodes have seen a rise in crime rate for robbery in the last year.

Overall the crime rate for robbery in the last year has fallen from 109% of the national average to 97% of the national average!

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