Crime Statistics for Temple Fields, Harlow, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Temple Fields, Harlow

There were a total of 155 street level crime incidents in Temple Fields in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Temple Fields, 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 Crime58
Shoplifting30
Vehicle Crime19
Other Theft11
Criminal Damage Arson9
Anti Social Behaviour9
Public Order6
Burglary5
Possession Of Weapons4
Other Crime2
Drugs2
All Crime155

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 Temple Fields. 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 Temple Fields

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Netteswell (1.39 miles)482
Harlow (1.96 miles)469
Mark Hall South (1.24 miles)380
Mark Hall North (0.62 miles)233
Little Parndon (2.24 miles)222
Temple Fields155
Churchgate Street (1.39 miles)118
Campions (1.24 miles)96
Stort (1.62 miles)58
Lower Sheering (2.24 miles)24

17.54%
of Mark Hall residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Temple Fields?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Netteswell180
Harlow164
Mark Hall South143
Mark Hall North83
Little Parndon73
Temple Fields58
Churchgate Street36
Campions25
Stort19
Lower Sheering3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Temple Fields?

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 Temple Fields 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 Temple Fields compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Netteswell79
2Toddbrook76
3Mark Hall70
4Bush Fair65
5Harlow Common64
6Old Harlow58
7Little Parndon and Hare Street54
8Hunsdon54
9Sawbridgeworth34
10Much Hadham23
11Lower Sheering8

Which road in Temple Fields has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Temple Fields with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
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