Police seek electric bike rider after armed robbery in Harlow

POLICE are seeking the riding of this electric bike after a man came off a motorbike in an attempted robbery in Harlow.

An Essex Police spokesperson said: "We’re asking for the public’s help in connection with an attempted robbery in Harlow that occurred shortly before 4pm on Tuesday 30 September 2025 when an injured man was located at the underpass linking Carters Mead and Nicholls Field."

The man, 40s, had come off his motorbike and sustained a serious leg wound. He was taken to hospital.

Specialist officers including the National Police Air Support unit and firearms officers attended.

The spokesperson added: "Following a number of enquiries at the scene, we are releasing an image of a Surron electric bike and are asking for information to identify the e-bike and its current location." 

Detective Inspector Paul Marks, who leads the investigation, said: “We’re working quickly to establish the facts of what happened in the moments prior to the attempted robbery. 

“As a result of our initial enquiries, we’re issuing an image of a Surron e-bike that was in the area at the time.

“We want to find it and identify who was riding it today. 

“We’d also like to ask the Nicholls Field community to help us by looking at your dash cam, CCTV or any other footage that may have captured the Surron e-bike being ridden in the area.

“Alternatively, if you’ve seen an abandoned e-bike or one that looks out of place, please get in touch.

“Any information, no matter how insignificant it may appear, could help us.”

If you have any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, then please get in contact with us.

You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service which is available 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week. 

It can be found at the bottom right of our homepage at www.essex.police.uk. 

Visit www.essex.police.uk/digital101 to find out more about our website reporting services.

Alternatively, you can call us on 101.

In an emergency always call 999.

If you would like to make an anonymous report, you can contact independent charity on Twitter at @CrimestoppersUK, by visiting their website or by calling 0800 555 111.

Please quote incident 810 of 30 September when providing any information to make sure it gets to the right person as quickly as possible.

An East of England Ambulance Service spokesperson said:

“We were called just after 3.50pm on Tuesday 30 September to a road traffic collision involving a motorcycle on the underpass on the A414 in Harlow.

An ambulance, ambulance officer vehicle and the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance were sent to the scene.

The motorcyclist, an adult man, was transported by road to The Royal London Hospital for further treatment.”