Total Crime Rate

308.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

111.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 308.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 111.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 49.1 8/10
  • Public order 35.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.8 10/10
  • Other theft 13.4 9/10
  • Robbery 8.9 8/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Meadow area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Latton Bush & Stewards , and the 15th 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 Lower Meadow (CM18 7RT) in the last 12 months was 308.0 per 1,000 residents and was 205.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 111.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Meadow (CM18 7RT), the main crime hotspot is near Lower Meadow. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Meadow area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vertex Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lower Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Woodhill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodhill Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Woodhill Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gladden Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peterswood Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Public order Maunds Hatch Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vertex Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lower Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Lower Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lower Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Spruce Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Spruce Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spruce Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spruce Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Berecroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Berecroft —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keaton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Barley Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barley Croft Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barley Croft Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barley Croft Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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