Harlow crime rate Anti Social Behaviour 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.”

Here, Jukes deals with various crime catagories:

Firstly, Anti Social Behaviour.

Secondly, Burglary.

Thirdly, Criminal Damage & Arson.

Next we will look at Drugs.

Then it will be Possession of Weapons.

Followed by Robbery.

Then Vehicle Theft.

Penultimately Violent Crime.

Finally, we 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/).

Anti Social Behaviour

Below are the top ten Essex hot spots for Anti Social Behaviour 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.

TOP TEN ANTI SOCIAL HOT SPOTS (Excluding Stansted Airport):

1. Southend on Sea (SS1 2) 193% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
2. Grays (RM16 5) 185% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
3. Wickford (SS12 9) 184% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
4. Basildon (SS13 3) 183% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
5. Tilbury (RM18 7) 155% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
6. Colchester (CO3 8) 147% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
7. Colchester (CO1 1) 139% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
8. Basildon (SS14 3) 137% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.
9. Clacton on Sea (CO15 1) 132% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.

How does Harlow fair?

1. CM18 7 with 90% of the national average. This compares with 74% 6 months ago & 75% a year ago.
2. CM20 3 with 83% of the national average. This compares with 72% 6 months ago & 74% a year ago.
3. CM20 1 with 77% of the national average. This compares with 70% 6 months ago & 70% a year ago.
4. CM20 2 with 67% of the national average. This compares with 66% 6 months ago & 67% a year ago.
5. CM18 6 with 64% of the national average. This compares with 70% 6 months ago & 70% a year ago.
6. CM19 4 with 59% of the national average. This compares with 52% 6 months ago & 62% a year ago.
7. CM17 0 with 55% of the national average. This compares with 64% 6 months ago & 79% a year ago.
8. CM17 9 with 52% of the national average. This compares with 56% 6 months ago & 60% a year ago.
9. CM19 5 with 42% of the national average. This compares with 48% 6 months ago & 39% a year ago.

Harlow overall

As of February 2026 Harlow has a crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour of 66% of the national average.

This compares with 63% in August 2025 & 68% in February 2025,

Therefore, there has been a drop of 2% in the last year.

Comparisons

It is often worth looking at neighbouring areas to see what is happening there:

Hertford (CM14 1) 211% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.

Bishops Stortford (CM23 3) 192% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.

Hoddesdon (EN11 8) 154% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.

Ware (SG12 7) 129% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.

Ware (SG12 9) 121% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.

Braughing (SG11 2) 113% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.

Sawbridgeworth (CM21 0) 105% of the national average crime rate for Anti Social Behaviour.

ALL IN ALL HARLOW COMES OUT OF THIS EXTREMELY WELL!!

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