Total Crime Rate
2846.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025East Walk area has the highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Great Parndon , and the 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 East Walk (CM20 1JH) in the last 12 months was 2846.8 per 1,000 residents and was 3532.5% higher than the Great Parndon average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 132 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 39.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 200 (≈ 1612.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Walk (CM20 1JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 248 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (127 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dads Wood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | South Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | East Gate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | South Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | North Gate | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Gate | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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