Total Crime Rate
171.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wanstead Park Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Ilford Town , and the 106th 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 Wanstead Park Road (IG1 3TQ) in the last 12 months was 171.8 per 1,000 residents and was 30.9% lower 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wanstead Park Road (IG1 3TQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westbury Road, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Road (24 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 | Mill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selborne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selborne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Selborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empress Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Empress Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Empress Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevor Roper Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Courtland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mill Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lugg Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Selborne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empress Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Daines Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lugg Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lugg Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wanstead Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanstead Park Road | Under investigation |
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