Crime Statistics for Latton Bush, Harlow, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Latton Bush, Harlow

There were a total of 186 street level crime incidents in Latton Bush in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Latton Bush, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime65
Vehicle Crime25
Criminal Damage Arson21
Shoplifting16
Anti Social Behaviour15
Other Theft10
Burglary9
Public Order8
Drugs7
Possession Of Weapons5
Other Crime4
Robbery1
All Crime186

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Latton Bush. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Latton Bush

We've taken the ten nearest places to Latton Bush and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Latton Bush has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Netteswell (1.39 miles)482
Harlow (0.88 miles)469
Mark Hall South (1.24 miles)380
Mark Hall North (1.86 miles)233
Passmores (1.24 miles)223
Hare Street (1.96 miles)190
Latton Bush186
Great Parndon (1.86 miles)153
Foster Street (1.24 miles)48
Hastingwood (1.39 miles)16

20.15%
of Staple Tye residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Latton Bush?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Latton Bush and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Netteswell180
Harlow164
Mark Hall South143
Passmores88
Mark Hall North83
Hare Street68
Latton Bush65
Great Parndon53
Foster Street13
Hastingwood0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Latton Bush?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Latton Bush to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Latton Bush compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Latton Bush and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Latton Bush is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Netteswell79
2Toddbrook76
3Staple Tye76
4Mark Hall70
5Bush Fair65
6Harlow Common64
7Old Harlow58
8Little Parndon and Hare Street54
9Sumners and Kingsmoor50
10Great Parndon46
11Church Langley19

Which road in Latton Bush has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Latton Bush with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Iceni Square.

Last updated: January 2024
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