Total Crime Rate

284.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 284.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.4 9/10
  • Other theft 64.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.0 10/10
  • Drugs 36.0 10/10
  • Public order 28.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bawdsey Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Aldborough , and the 40th highest crime rate of 757 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 Bawdsey Avenue (IG2 7TL) in the last 12 months was 284.2 per 1,000 residents and was 214.9% higher than the Aldborough average (90.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 100.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bawdsey Avenue (IG2 7TL), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 197 crimes here, including 130 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bawdsey Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Sep 2025Drugs Hospital Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Drugs Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bawdsey Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bawdsey Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital —

Data Sources

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