Total Crime Rate

589.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

280.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 589.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 280.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 221.0 10/10
  • Drugs 70.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.5 10/10
  • Other theft 42.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 42.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.8 10/10
  • Public order 36.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.5 10/10
  • Robbery 22.7 10/10
  • Burglary 17.0 10/10
  • Other crime 11.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Park Avenue 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 Park Avenue (IG1 4RT) 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 Park Avenue (IG1 4RT), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Park Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Argyle Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Argyle Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rigby Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rigby Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mansfield Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mansfield Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rigby Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Heron Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cranbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Rigby Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rigby Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rigby Mews
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Argyle Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Argyle Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Argyle Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Argyle Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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