Old Harlow
WardNorth east Harlow. About 9,450 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 39% of people in Old Harlow live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Old Harlow compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Old Harlow safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Old Harlow at a rate of 63.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 110.9 per 1,000 people across Harlow.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Old Harlow.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (251), other crime (110) and anti-social behaviour (77).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Harlow
These figures are published for the whole of Harlow, not for each ward, so they describe all of Harlow and not Old Harlow alone. See Harlow
Old Harlow in brief
Old Harlow had 7,766 usual residents at the census.
About 39% of people in Old Harlow live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Old Harlow, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Old Harlow, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.