Total Crime Rate

27.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 27.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.6 2/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kings Gardens area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Barkingside , and the 123rd lowest crime rate of 757 local areas in Redbridge .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kings Gardens (IG1 4AJ) in the last 12 months was 27.8 per 1,000 residents and was 53.1% lower than the Barkingside average (59.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 10.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Gardens (IG1 4AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunedin Road (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Jaffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Francis Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Jaffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Francis Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunedin Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ley Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Piper Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friars Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Leeds Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Francis Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Francis Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charter Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Francis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jaffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Meister Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carriage Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Carriage Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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