Crime Rates at Balfour Road, Ilford, IG1 4JG

Balfour Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Ilford Town , and the 229th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Redbridge .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Balfour Road (IG1 4JG) in the last 12 months was 99.7 per 1,000 residents and was 59.9% lower than the Ilford Town average (248.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balfour Road (IG1 4JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 486 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (87 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.