Crime Rate in Little Parndon & Town Centre, ward

Little Parndon & Town Centre has the highest crime rate of 11 wards in Harlow district and the 169th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 14th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Little Parndon & Town Centre in the last 12 months was 253.8 per 1,000 residents and was 135.1% higher than the Harlow district average (108.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Little Parndon & Town Centre’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 938 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 24 cases , down -27.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 54.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -37.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,244 (≈ 121.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Little Parndon & Town Centre ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 248 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hospital (170 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.