Total Crime Rate
188.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Northbrook Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Ilford Town , and the 80th highest crime rate of 757 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 Northbrook Road (IG1 3BN) in the last 12 months was 188.8 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% lower than the Ilford Town average (240.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 51.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northbrook Road (IG1 3BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Argyle Road, where police recorded 221 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westbury Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfair Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | De Vere Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | De Vere Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Belgrave Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Belgrave Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Belgrave Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayfair Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayfair Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mayfair Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfair Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | De Vere Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wanstead Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trevor Roper Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Roper Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Empress Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Empress Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wanstead Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Selborne Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfair Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Selborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
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