Total Crime Rate

178.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 178.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.9 10/10
  • Public order 29.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Bishopsfield area has the 14th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Great Parndon , and the 46th 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 Bishopsfield (CM18 6UN) in the last 12 months was 178.4 per 1,000 residents and was 127.6% higher than the Great Parndon average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 111.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bishopsfield (CM18 6UN), the main crime hotspot is near Five Acres. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bishopsfield area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Meadow —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charters Cross Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbotsweld Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Abbotsweld Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbotsweld —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aylets Field Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aylets Field Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aylets Field Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Partridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Five Acres Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barley Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barley Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barley Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Five Acres Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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