Total Crime Rate
571.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bush Fair area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bush Fair , and the 8th 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 Bush Fair (CM18 6NW) in the last 12 months was 571.4 per 1,000 residents and was 468.6% higher than the Bush Fair average (100.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 190.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -34.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 162.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bush Fair (CM18 6NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 141 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bush Fair| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pear Tree Mead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | The Fairway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Fairway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Fairway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Fairway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regency Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Little Pynchons | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oak End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak End | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillwicks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tilegate Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tilegate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brays Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Field | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tysea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Field | Under investigation |
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