Harlow crime rate Violent Crime 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.

We then looked at Criminal Damage & Arson on 28th August.

The following day we looked at Drugs (29th August).

Possession of Weapons followed on 30th August.

Followed by Robbery on 31st August.

Then it was Vehicle Theft on 1st September.

Today is 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/).

Violent Crime

Below are the top ten Essex hot spots for Violent Crime 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 341% of the national crime rate for Violent Crime.
2. Clacton on Sea CO15 1. This postcode recorded 318% of the national crime rate for Violent Crime.
3. Jaywick CO15 2. This postcode recorded 291% of the national crime rate for Violent Crime.
4. Colchester CO3 8. This postcode recorded 266% of the national crime rate for Violent Crime.
5. Clacton on Sea CO15 3. This postcode recorded 253% of the national crime rate for Violent Crime.
6. Basildon SS13 3. This postcode recorded 240% of the national crime rate for Violent Crime.
7. Southend on Sea SS1 1. This postcode recorded 219% of the national crime rate for Violent Crime.
8. Colchester CO1 2. This postcode recorded 219% of the national crime rate for Violent Crime.
9. Colchester CO1 1. This postcode recorded 216% of the national crime rate for Violent Crime.

How did Harlow fair?

1. CM20 3 with 184% of the national average. This compares with 178% 6 months ago.
2. CM18 7 with 180% of the national average. This compares with 168% 6 months ago.
3. CM20 1 with 173% of the national average. This compares with 168% 6 months ago.
4. CM18 6 with 152% of the national average. This compares with 168% 6 months ago.
5. CM17 0 with 134% of the national average. This compares with 126% 6 months ago.
6. CM19 4 with 134% of the national average. This compares with 120% 6 months ago.
7. CM20 2 with 105% of the national average. This compares with 108% 6 months ago.
8. CM17 9 with 103% of the national average. This compares with 104% 6 months ago.
9. CM19 5 with 68% of the national average. This compares with 77% 6 months ago.

Conclusion

5 Harlow postcode sectors have seen a rise in Violent crimes.

4 Harlow postcode sectors have seen a decrease in Violent Crime.

Overall the crime rate for Violent Crime is up from 135% of the national average 6 months ago, to 137% as of today!

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