Total Crime Rate

50.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 50.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.7 3/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Carters Mead area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bush Fair , and the 87th lowest crime rate of 253 local areas in Harlow .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Carters Mead (CM17 9ER) in the last 12 months was 50.0 per 1,000 residents and was 50.2% lower than the Bush Fair average (100.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Carters Mead (CM17 9ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oaklands Drive, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Campbell Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Carters Mead area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hadley Grange —
Sep 2025Drugs Carters Mead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaklands Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaklands Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Oaklands Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oaklands Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Abbey Dale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kingsdon Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kingsdon Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsdon Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Gardiners —
Sep 2025Other crime Carters Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Carters Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carters Mead —
Sep 2025Burglary The Gardiners Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons The Gardiners Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Campbell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Campbell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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