Crime Rate in Ilford Town, ward

Ilford Town has the highest crime rate of 22 wards in Redbridge district and the 186th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 45th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Ilford Town in the last 12 months was 240.0 per 1,000 residents and was 149.9% higher than the Redbridge district average (96.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Ilford Town’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 837 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 12 cases , down -45.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 36.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,143 (≈ 76.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Ilford Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 557 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Police Station (106 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.