Total Crime Rate
62.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bishopsfield area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Great Parndon , and the 105th 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 Bishopsfield (CM18 6UT) in the last 12 months was 62.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.1% lower than the Great Parndon average (74.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bishopsfield (CM18 6UT), the main crime hotspot is near Long Banks. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Harlow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbotsweld | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charters Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Long Banks | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Banks | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Banks | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Partridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Partridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodhill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charters Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charters Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Long Banks | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Penlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Five Acres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Five Acres | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Five Acres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Five Acres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Five Acres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Long Banks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Long Banks | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barn Mead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barley Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abbotsweld | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Abbotsweld | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbotsweld | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbotsweld | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parnall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parnall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parnall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barley Croft | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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