Total Crime Rate

455.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 455.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 214.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.0 9/10
  • Public order 44.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 40.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.3 9/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Meadow area has the highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Latton Bush & Stewards , and the 9th highest crime rate of 253 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 Lower Meadow (CM18 7RT) in the last 12 months was 455.4 per 1,000 residents and was 346.9% higher than the Latton Bush & Stewards average (101.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 120.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Meadow (CM18 7RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lower Meadow (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Meadow area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Berecroft —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Berecroft —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Meadow —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Berecroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Willow Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Keaton Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shoal Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barley Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barley Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shoal Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shoal Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barley Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Keaton Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spruce Hill —
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Data Sources

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