Total Crime Rate
209.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eastern Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Clayhall , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Redbridge .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eastern Avenue (IG4 5AN) in the last 12 months was 209.8 per 1,000 residents and was 175.5% higher than the Clayhall average (76.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 23.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastern Avenue (IG4 5AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Redbridge, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castle Drive (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Clayhall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vista Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Castle Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlisle Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ripon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North Circular Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Redbridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | The Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Margaret Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Avondale Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Margaret Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evanston Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vista Drive | Under investigation |
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