Total Crime Rate

120.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 120.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.5 9/10
  • Drugs 12.4 9/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • 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
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

Church Leys area has the 25th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bush Fair , and the 75th highest crime rate of 253 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 Church Leys (CM18 6DE) in the last 12 months was 120.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% higher than the Bush Fair average (100.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Leys (CM18 6DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Leys, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brays Mead (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Leys area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Church Leys Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brays Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Church Leys Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Church Leys Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Leys Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Church Leys Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tillwicks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Fortunes Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Fortunes Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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