Total Crime Rate
963.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
353.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cranbrook Road area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Ilford Town , and the 5th 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 4NH) in the last 12 months was 963.6 per 1,000 residents and was 287.5% 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 152 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 10.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 223 (≈ 353.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranbrook Road (IG1 4NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 454 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (97 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ilford Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prior Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prior Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prior Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clements Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Clements Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prior Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Prior Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prior Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bathurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reads Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reads Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Reads Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reads Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prior Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prior Road | — |
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