Harold Wood
WardNorth Havering. About 14,643 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 9.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Harold Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Harold Wood compares
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Is Harold Wood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Harold Wood at a rate of 64.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across Havering.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 86 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Harold Wood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (243), anti-social behaviour (192) and other crime (142).
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 Havering
These figures are published for the whole of Havering, not for each ward, so they describe all of Havering and not Harold Wood alone. See Havering
Harold Wood in brief
Harold Wood had 13,807 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Harold Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Harold Wood, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Harold Wood, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.