CM17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Harlow, Church Langley and Churchgate Street, in Harlow and Epping Forest.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CM17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CM17, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CM17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CM17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CM17 at a rate of 67.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.3 per 1,000 people across CM.
In August 2026 alone, 208 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CM17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (698), other crime (367) and anti-social behaviour (226).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CM17 was 62.6 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in CM17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CM17 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CM17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epping Forest 001A | 2,350 | 152.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 60.1% |
| Harlow 001A | 2,215 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| Harlow 001B | 1,550 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.2% |
| Harlow 001C | 1,507 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.1% |
| Harlow 001E | 1,513 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.1% |
| Harlow 001F | 1,267 | 88.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.0% |
| Harlow 001G | 1,696 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| Harlow 001H | 1,436 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
| Harlow 005A | 1,763 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Harlow 005B | 1,623 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Harlow 005C | 1,525 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| Harlow 005D | 1,688 | 79.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 81.9% |
| Harlow 005E | 2,342 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Harlow 008B | 1,598 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% |
| Harlow 008C | 1,503 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.3% |
| Harlow 008D | 1,544 | 133.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.1% |
MPs for CM17
- Chris VinceLabour (Co-op)MP for Harlow99% of CM17’s postcodes
- Alex BurghartConservativeMP for Brentwood and Ongar1.3% of CM17’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CM173
Postcode sectors in CM172
Councils CM17 covers2
Towns in CM171
Postcode districts next to CM178
Nearest rail stations3
More in the CM postcode area2
CM17 in brief
CM17 is a postcode district covering Harlow, Church Langley and Churchgate Street, in Harlow and Epping Forest.
About 28,336 people lived in CM17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £406,000 in 2025 across 430 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CM17 was £406,000 in 2025.
CM17 had 25,930 usual residents at the census.
In CM17, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CM17, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.