Total Crime Rate
589.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
280.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park 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.
View Crime In Valentines| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mansfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mansfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Heron Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rigby Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rigby Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rigby Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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