Harlow
Harlow is covered by postcode districts CM16, CM17, CM18, CM19, CM20 and CM92. It is mostly in the Harlow council area: 1,787 of its 1,812 postcodes. The others are in Epping Forest and East Hertfordshire. 1,800 are in Essex and 12 in Hertfordshire.
Every postcode in Harlow, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 12
- At medium risk at worst: 3
- At low risk at worst: 7
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 1,790
Of the 1,812 postcodes in Harlow that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 1,790 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.7672, longitude 0.1075. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Harlow?
Homes sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 1,167 of the 1,699 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 122 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 22 of its 1,812 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Harlow Town, 1.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Harlow?
Homes in Harlow sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 872 sales, up 2.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £545,000 116 sales
- Semi-detached £425,000 130 sales
- Terraced £336,454 426 sales
- Flat or maisonette £216,500 200 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CM20 district, Harlow's main postcode district: a typical £325,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Harlow: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Harlow?
111 of the 1,812 postcodes now in use in Harlow came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 45 of the 1,125 homes sold in Harlow were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM20 district, 4%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Harlow | Across the CM20 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 3 of 872 (Under 1%) | 0 of 195 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 45 of 1,125 (4%) | 10 of 259 (4%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Harlow?
Ofcom reports on 1,699 of the 1,812 postcodes in Harlow. At 1,167 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Harlow at risk of flooding?
22 of the 1,812 postcodes in Harlow have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 122 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Harlow?
The open schools at the postcodes in Harlow (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- The Downs Primary School and Nursery550 m 362 pupils, 420 places
- Freshwaters Primary Academy600 m 413 pupils, 446 places
- St Alban's Catholic Academy1.1 km 227 pupils, 210 places
- William Martin Church of England Infant and Nursery School1.1 km 185 pupils, 180 places
- William Martin Church of England Junior School1.1 km 234 pupils, 240 places
- Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery1.1 km 443 pupils, 468 places
- Purford Green Primary School1.1 km 229 pupils, 234 places
- Harlow Fields School and College1.1 km 213 pupils, 214 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Harlow?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Harlow is Harlow Town Rail Station, 1.8 km away in a straight line.
- Harlow Town Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
- Harlow Mill Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
- Roydon Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Harlow?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Harlow, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Sydenham House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 01279 422525 400 mWalk
- Nuffield House Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01279 213101 900 mWalk
- The Hamilton Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01279 215415 1.2 kmCycle
- The Ross Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 01279 215354 1.2 kmCycle
- Addison House - Haque Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report December 2024 · Phone 01279 621900 1.3 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Harlow safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,829 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Harlow over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 470 September 2025
- 400 October 2025
- 454 November 2025
- 423 December 2025
- 436 January 2026
- 471 February 2026
- 479 March 2026
- 440 April 2026
- 524 May 2026
- 592 June 2026
- 587 July 2026
- 553 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 145, other crime 113, possession of weapons 106, bicycle theft 102, robbery 85, theft from the person 54.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Harlow?
- Councils
- Harlow (1,787), Epping Forest (13) and East Hertfordshire (12)
- County councils
- Essex (1,800) and Hertfordshire (12)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Harlow (1,799), Hertford and Stortford (12) and Epping Forest (1)
- Police force areas
- Essex (1,800) and Hertfordshire (12)
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Harlow
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Harlow is in Harlow; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Harlow about council tax Council tax, on harlow.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Harlow
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Harlow postcodes
1,812 postcodes in use in Harlow, by district:
Those districts are all in the CM postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Harlow
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Harlow's £340,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Harlow
- What is it like to live in Harlow?
- Homes sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 1,167 of the 1,699 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 122 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 22 of its 1,812 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Harlow Town, 1.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Harlow?
- Harlow is covered by postcode districts CM16, CM17, CM18, CM19, CM20 and CM92, across 1,812 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Harlow?
- Homes in Harlow sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 872 sales, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Harlow?
- In Harlow, primary schools at its postcodes include The Downs Primary School and Nursery, Freshwaters Primary Academy and St Alban's Catholic Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Mark's West Essex Catholic School, Bmat Stem Academy and Harlow Fields School and College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Harlow have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Harlow is Harlow Town, 1.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Harlow?
- Ofcom reports on 1,699 of the 1,812 postcodes in Harlow. At 1,167 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Harlow at risk of flooding?
- 22 of the 1,812 postcodes in Harlow have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 122 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Harlow?
- 111 of the 1,812 postcodes now in use in Harlow came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 45 of the 1,125 homes sold in Harlow were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM20 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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