Total Crime Rate

238.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 238.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 97.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.3 10/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Willowfield area has the 8th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bush Fair , and the 28th highest crime rate of 253 local areas in Harlow .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Willowfield (CM18 6SD) in the last 12 months was 238.3 per 1,000 residents and was 137.1% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 127.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willowfield (CM18 6SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willowfield, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Partridge Court (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Willowfield area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willowfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Partridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Partridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Partridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Partridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Partridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Partridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Partridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Willowfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barn Mead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willowfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Partridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Mead Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Mead Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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