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93 recorded sales · median £159,000 · Harlow
Harlow Council · Conservative-controlled 22/33 seats · 67% · OCD 2026
69/100
Good
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£159k
median price
12.2
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£159k
median sold price
8.8 yrs
of local pay to buy
27 min
London — fastest
2
rail stations mapped
0
grammar schools
42
schools total
12.2
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
516
Violence — most
10.4
NO₂ · WHO 10
2%
in a flood zone
131
green spaces
7.4
PM2.5 · WHO 5
107
eat & drink
39
shops
80.5%
gigabit
17
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£167,500 in 2013 → £325,000 in 2025
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Harlow, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-09-09
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)
Crime2026-07
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £159,000. That's about 8.8× local earnings — around the 10× five-year average.
Sold price history
2025 · 3 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 93 sales£159,000
Full history since 1995
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay8.8× · five-year average 10×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from Harlow25.6%
Of the homes across Harlow that sold again within five years, 25.6% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than East of England (17.5%).
By property type
Flats28.8%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new48.5%
Bought second-hand8.9%
Overall
Typical resale gain+12.4% · ~6.9-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (156 resale pairs) across Harlow — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership54%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,299
Harlow Council£289
Essex County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,642
Police & Crime Commissioner£275
Fire & Rescue£93
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,532
Band B£1,788
Band C£2,043
Band D (baseline)£2,299
Band E£2,810
Band F£3,320
Band G£3,831
Band H£4,597
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Harlow how Brays Mead compares · from Harlow
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Great Parndon +32.1%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Parndon | £365,000 | +32.1% | 138 |
| Brays Grove | £310,000 | +26.9% | 123 |
| Passmores | £313,196 | +25.8% | 141 |
| Netteswell | £330,000 | +25.5% | 144 |
| Tye Green | £325,000 | +23.6% | 141 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Brays Mead — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Brays Mead | Terraced | — | — | £240,000 | Nov 2025 |
| 113 Brays Mead | Terraced | — | — | £332,000 | Aug 2025 |
| 24 Brays Mead | Flat | — | — | £130,000 | May 2025 |
| 96 Brays Mead | Terraced | — | — | £325,000 | Apr 2025 |
| 116, Brays Mead | Terraced | — | — | £340,000 | Sep 2023 |
| 73 Brays Mead | Terraced | — | — | £370,000 | Sep 2023 |
| 106 Brays Mead | Terraced | — | — | £340,000 | Sep 2022 |
| 46 Brays Mead | Terraced | — | — | £335,000 | Aug 2022 |
| 114, Brays Mead | Terraced | — | — | £390,000 | Mar 2022 |
| 65, Brays Mead | Terraced | — | — | £280,000 | Aug 2021 |
24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Harlow
Crime runs at 12.2 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month12.2
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Harlow
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Harlow district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Harlow
Population93,329
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 5/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 5 in 2019 — little changed since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
3.9/10
Employment
4.2/10
Education & skills
3.7/10
Health & disability
5.8/10
Crime
3.4/10
Housing & services
5.1/10
Living environment
7.7/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Harlow — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+63%
Unemployment · economically active residents5.8%
Degree-level (Level 4+)24%
Good or very good health82%
Own their home54%
Median age37.3
Born outside the UK18%
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 2 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
2 of 2 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 2 nearest inspected schools
of the 2 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Pan Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.1 km |
| William Martin Church of England Infant and Nursery School | Primary | — | 0.2 km |
| William Martin Church of England Junior School | Primary | Good ('22) | 0.2 km |
| Smiles Montessori Pre-School (Bushfair) Limited | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.3 km |
| Pear Tree Mead Academy | Primary | — | 0.5 km |
| Purford Green Primary School | Primary | — | 0.6 km |
| VIP Preschool Limited | Nursery | — | 0.6 km |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Harlow | Primary | — | 0.7 km |
| Holy Cross Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.7 km |
| Home from Home Childcarers - Latton Bush | Nursery | — | 0.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
At a glance
| Here | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy — men | 78.8 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 84.1 yrs |
| Smoking | 16.5% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 70.4% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
13
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
15
nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
18
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.1 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
6 of 7 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 0.1 km |
| Greenway Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.2 km |
| The Hamilton Practice | GP | Good ('20) | 0.3 km |
| The Ross Practice | GP | — | 0.3 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.3 km |
| Netteswell Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.1 km |
| Sydenham House Surgery | GP | Requires improvement ('22) | 1.2 km |
| Potter Street Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.5 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Harlow
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 31 min from Harlow Town.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlow Town | 1.7 mi | London Liverpool Street | 31 min |
| Harlow Mill | 2.4 mi | London Liverpool Street | 38 min |
| Roydon | 3.4 mi | London Liverpool Street | 32 min |
| Sawbridgeworth | 4.4 mi | London Liverpool Street | 39 min |
| Rye House | 4.6 mi | London Liverpool Street | 38 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Harlow Town (31 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
Environment from Harlow
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1003.5%
Flood zone2% of postcodes
Radonup to 1–3% of homes
Historic landfill20 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings180
Conservation areas11
Green belt15.2%
Green spaces131
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Harlow
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 107 | 94% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 39 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 17 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 131 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Harlow
Figures for the wider Harlow — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate5.8%
In work (employment rate)62.9%
Companies registered here19,050
New incorporations (12m)3,005
Property companies (SPVs)1,950
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district