Total Crime Rate
57.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tilbury Mead area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bush Fair , and the 97th lowest crime rate of 246 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 Tilbury Mead (CM18 6JF) in the last 12 months was 57.2 per 1,000 residents and was 41.3% lower than the Bush Fair average (97.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tilbury Mead (CM18 6JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Longfield, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nicholls Field (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Harlow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholls Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nicholls Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spinning Wheel Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stile Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stile Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stile Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencers Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spencers Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencers Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tilbury Mead | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tilbury Mead | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tilbury Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilbury Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Hatch Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Hatch Close | Under investigation |
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