Total Crime Rate

114.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.6 9/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Herons Wood area has the 19th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Great Parndon , and the 80th highest crime rate of 253 local areas in Harlow .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Herons Wood (CM20 1RU) in the last 12 months was 114.4 per 1,000 residents and was 45.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Herons Wood (CM20 1RU), the main crime hotspot is near The Hornbeams. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Herons Wood area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walnut Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft The Hornbeams Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Mead Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Park Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hodings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Hornbeams Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Locke Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ram Gorse —
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Data Sources

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