Total Crime Rate

1834.8 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 1834.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 540.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 429.4 10/10
  • Public order 198.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 135.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 123.1 10/10
  • Other theft 111.1 10/10
  • Drugs 78.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 54.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 48.1 10/10
  • Other crime 39.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.0 10/10
  • Burglary 21.0 10/10
  • Robbery 18.0 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.0 10/10
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

Dads Wood area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Great Parndon , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 253 local areas in Harlow .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dads Wood (CM20 1JL) in the last 12 months was 1834.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2241.2% 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 180 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , down -28.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -46.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 257 (≈ 771.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dads Wood (CM20 1JL), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Dads Wood area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Robbery Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Terminus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Terminus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sharpecroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sharpecroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sharpecroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs East Gate Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Adams House Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Adams House Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adams House Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Gate
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Gate
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson East Gate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs East Gate Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order East Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation

Data Sources

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