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Bush Fair

Ward

Central Harlow. About 9,642 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Bush Fair live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,361
2,758th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bush Fair compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Bush FairMiddle
Population11 wards, Harlow · 2021
Population: every ward in Harlow11 areas from 7,107 to 10,012. The middle area is 8,286. Bush Fair is 9,361.
9,3612nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares11 wards, Harlow · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Harlow11 areas from 0.0% to 39.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Bush Fair is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage11 wards, Harlow · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Harlow11 areas from 75.3% to 97.8%. The middle area is 94.6%. Bush Fair is 97.2%.
97.2%2nd highest
Claimant rate11 wards, Harlow · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Harlow11 areas from 2.1% to 5.9%. The middle area is 5.0%. Bush Fair is 5.2%.
5.2%joint 4th highest

Is Bush Fair safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bush Fair at a rate of 101.3 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, 99 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bush Fair.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (424), other crime (169) and anti-social behaviour (111).

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 Bush Fair alone. See Harlow

Average house price
£317,453
Up 4.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,380
170th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.3×
Joint 115th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
21.7
116th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bush Fair in brief

Bush Fair had 9,361 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Bush Fair live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bush Fair, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bush Fair, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.