Total Crime Rate

28.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 28.9 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cooks Spinney area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Bush Fair , and the 40th lowest crime rate of 253 local areas in Harlow .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cooks Spinney (CM20 3BN) in the last 12 months was 28.9 per 1,000 residents and was 71.3% lower than the Bush Fair average (100.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 23.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Cooks Spinney (CM20 3BN), the main crime hotspot is near Ladyshot. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cooks Spinney area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Momples Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackbush Spring
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladyshot Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladyshot Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladyshot Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladyshot Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladyshot Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Gowers Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackbush Spring
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackbush Spring Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladyshot Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mardyke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cooks Spinney Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Momples Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Momples Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladyshot Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Foster Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Harefield Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchfield Under investigation

Data Sources

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