Total Crime Rate

140.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 140.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 53.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.9 10/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Public order 8.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Lindale Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Barkingside , and the 147th 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 Lindale Close (IG4 5FB) in the last 12 months was 140.5 per 1,000 residents and was 122.7% higher than the Barkingside average (63.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 53.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lindale Close (IG4 5FB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sussex Close, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gosford Gardens (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lindale Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inglehurst Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grangeway Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gosford Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gosford Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ridgeway Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gosford Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Grangeway Gardens Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grangeway Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crombie Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gosford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Grasmere Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Radnor Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodford Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodford Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windermere Gardens
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crombie Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grangeway Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lindale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Danehurst Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Redbridge Lane East Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Danehurst Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Ellesmere Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lindale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lindale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Windermere Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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