Total Crime Rate

13.7 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 13.7 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.5 1/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Public order 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

High Lane area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys , and the 32nd lowest crime rate of 263 local areas in Uttlesford .

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 High Lane (CM24 8LE) in the last 12 months was 13.7 per 1,000 residents and was 84.5% lower than the Broad Oak & the Hallingburys average (88.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Lane (CM24 8LE), the main crime hotspot is near Station Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grove Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B1051 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B1051 —
Sep 2025Other theft Norman'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Burnells Way Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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