Total Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Devonport Gardens area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Cranbrook , and the 242nd highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Redbridge .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Devonport Gardens (IG1 3QQ) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% higher than the Cranbrook average (87.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Devonport Gardens (IG1 3QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sussex Close, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beehive Lane (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cranbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beehive Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inglehurst Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crombie Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danehurst Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Danehurst Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crombie Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gloucester Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Church Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Castleview Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windermere Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windermere Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hereford Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hereford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hereford Gardens | Under investigation |
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