Total Crime Rate
220.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Red Lion Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bush Fair , and the 36th highest crime rate of 246 local areas in Harlow .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Red Lion Lane (CM17 9BT) in the last 12 months was 220.3 per 1,000 residents and was 125.9% higher than the Bush Fair average (97.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 121.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Red Lion Lane (CM17 9BT), the main crime hotspot is near Potters Field. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Harlow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fullers Mead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fullers Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coalport Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coalport Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Potters Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Potters Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Potters Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Potters Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Perry Spring | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chapel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Perry Spring | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perry Spring | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perry Spring | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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