Total Crime Rate
136.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parsonage Leys area has the 9th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Little Parndon & Town Centre , and the 65th highest crime rate of 246 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 Parsonage Leys (CM20 3PG) in the last 12 months was 136.1 per 1,000 residents and was 46.4% lower than the Little Parndon & Town Centre average (253.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 85.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parsonage Leys (CM20 3PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pittman'S Field, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Monkswick Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Harlow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitewaits | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitewaits | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Arkwrights | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pittman'S Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pittman'S Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pittman'S Field | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitewaits | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arkwrights | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maddox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parsonage Leys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parsonage Leys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monkswick Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pittman'S Field | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pittman'S Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maddox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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