Crime Rate in South Woodford, ward

South Woodford has the 8th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Redbridge district and the 2523rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 261st lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in South Woodford in the last 12 months was 83.2 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% lower than the Redbridge district average (96.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, South Woodford’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 189 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 54.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -46.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 276 (≈ 21.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the South Woodford ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near The Shrubberies, with 177 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (33 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.