Crime Rates at Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG1 4LX

Cranbrook Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Ilford Town , and the 13th 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 Cranbrook Road (IG1 4LX) in the last 12 months was 589.2 per 1,000 residents and was 137.0% higher 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 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -18.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 99 (≈ 280.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cranbrook Road (IG1 4LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Argyle Road, where police recorded 201 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (70 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.