Total Crime Rate
50.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodhill area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Latton Bush & Stewards , and the 77th 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 Woodhill (CM18 7JS) in the last 12 months was 50.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.7% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodhill (CM18 7JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lower Meadow, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Five Acres (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Harlow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abbotsweld | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Five Acres | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodhill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aylets Field | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rodin Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbotsweld | — |
| 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 | Burglary | Partridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Partridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vertex Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vertex Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Five Acres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Five Acres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gladden Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Five Acres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Five Acres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maunds Hatch | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barley Croft | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barley Croft | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barley Croft | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barley Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lower Meadow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lower Meadow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lower Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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