Harlow crime rate Vehicle Theft 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 catagories:

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.

Then we looked at Drugs on 29th August.

Then it was Possession of Weapons on 30th August.

Followed by Robbery on 31st August.

Today it’s Vehicle Theft.

Penultimately it will be 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/).

Vehicle Theft

Below are the top ten Essex hot spots for Vehicle Theft 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 624% of the national crime rate for Vehicle Theft.
2. Purfleet on Thames RM19 1. This postcode recorded 369% of the national crime rate for Vehicle Theft.
3. Harlow CM18 7. This postcode recorded 337% of the national crime rate for Vehicle Theft.
4. Basildon SS13 3. This postcode recorded 320% of the national crime rate for Vehicle Theft.
5. Buckhurst Hill IG9 5. This postcode recorded 318% of the national crime rate for Vehicle Theft.
6. Basildon SS13 2. This postcode recorded 316% of the national crime rate for Vehicle Theft.
7. Orsett RM16 3. This postcode recorded 307% of the national crime rate for Vehicle Theft.
8. Harlow CM17 0. This postcode recorded 300% of the national crime rate for Vehicle Theft.
9. Tilbury RM18 8. This postcode recorded 295% of the national crime rate for Vehicle Theft.

How did Harlow fair?

1. CM18 7 with 337% of the national average. This compares with 295% 6 months ago.
2. CM17 0 with 300% of the national average. This compares with 411% 6 months ago.
3. CM17 9 with 199% of the national average. This compares with 183% 6 months ago.
4. CM19 4 with 186% of the national average. This compares with 198% 6 months ago.
5. CM18 6 with 164% of the national average. This compares with 150% 6 months ago.
6. CM20 2 with 155% of the national average. This compares with 151% 6 months ago.
7. CM20 3 with 148% of the national average. This compares with 207% 6 months ago.
8. CM19 5 with 110% of the national average. This compares with 138% 6 months ago.
9. CM20 1 with 94% of the national average. This compares with 198% 6 months ago.

Conclusion

5 Harlow postcode sectors saw a reduction in Vehicle Theft.

4 Harlow postcode sectors saw a rise in Vehicle theft.

Overall Harlow saw a reduction in Vehicle Theft. It was 215% of the national average 6 months ago. Today is has fallen to 188%.

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