Total Crime Rate
76.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Woodcroft area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Great Parndon , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 253 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 Woodcroft (CM18 6YE) in the last 12 months was 76.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.7% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodcroft (CM18 6YE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willowfield (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Great Parndon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charters Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbotsweld | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Abbotsweld | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbotsweld | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsland | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kingsland | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A1169 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A1169 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A1169 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kingsland | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willowfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willowfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Willowfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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