Total Crime Rate
22.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wharley Hook area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Latton Bush & Stewards , and the 25th lowest crime rate of 246 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 Wharley Hook (CM18 7DR) in the last 12 months was 22.2 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% lower than the Latton Bush & Stewards average (100.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wharley Hook (CM18 7DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sakins Croft, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tysea Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Harlow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tysea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sakins Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sakins Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sakins Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sakins Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sakins Croft | Under investigation |
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