Total Crime Rate

53.8 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 53.8 5/10
  • Drugs 14.3 9/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Waterhouse Moor area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bush Fair , and the 93rd lowest crime rate of 253 local areas in Harlow .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterhouse Moor (CM18 6BE) in the last 12 months was 53.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.5% lower than the Bush Fair average (100.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -92.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 317.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterhouse Moor (CM18 6BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Leys, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Great Brays (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterhouse Moor area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Brays Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Brays Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Great Brays Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tillwicks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Church Leys Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Church Leys Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Church Leys Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Leys Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Church Leys Under investigation
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Data Sources

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