Total Crime Rate
288.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highbury Gardens area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Goodmayes , and the 37th 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 Highbury Gardens (IG3 8AE) in the last 12 months was 288.0 per 1,000 residents and was 88.3% higher than the Goodmayes average (153.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 131.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 190.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highbury Gardens (IG3 8AE), the main crime hotspot is near Cameron Road. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lombard Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kent View Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holmwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holmwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eynsford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Guildford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lombard Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lombard Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cameron Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cameron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cameron Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cameron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cameron Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cameron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cameron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cameron Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Park Drive | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Aldborough Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldborough Road South | Under investigation |
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