Total Crime Rate
218.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
139.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moorfield area has the 8th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Latton Bush & Stewards , and the 38th highest crime rate of 246 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 Moorfield (CM18 7QQ) in the last 12 months was 218.8 per 1,000 residents and was 117.1% higher 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 139.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 135.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moorfield (CM18 7QQ), the main crime hotspot is near Moorfields. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 46 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Wood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ployters Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parndon Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parndon Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parndon Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parndon Wood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joyners Field | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moorfields | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parndon Wood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddock Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Paringdon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddock Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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