Total Crime Rate
107.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lindale Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Barkingside , and the 213th highest crime rate of 757 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 107.4 per 1,000 residents and was 81.0% higher than the Barkingside average (59.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lindale Close (IG4 5FB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodford Avenue, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ellesmere Gardens (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ambleside Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Danehurst Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sussex Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sussex Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woodford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodford Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodford Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grangeway Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grangeway Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellesmere Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lindale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ambleside Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ambleside Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gosford Gardens | Under investigation |
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