Total Crime Rate
635.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Belgrave Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Ilford Town , and the 11th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Redbridge .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Belgrave Road (IG1 3AP) in the last 12 months was 635.6 per 1,000 residents and was 155.6% higher than the Ilford Town average (248.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 173 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 79.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 257.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Belgrave Road (IG1 3AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Argyle Road, where police recorded 201 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (70 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Valentines| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Empress Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empress Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empress Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Empress Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Courtland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wanstead Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanstead Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanstead Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanstead Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mansfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mansfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Road | Under investigation |
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