Total Crime Rate

23.6 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 23.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.7 8/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Earlswood Gardens area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Clayhall , and the 97th lowest crime rate of 757 local areas in Redbridge .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Earlswood Gardens (IG5 0DF) in the last 12 months was 23.6 per 1,000 residents and was 70.6% lower than the Clayhall average (80.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 6.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Earlswood Gardens (IG5 0DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lessingham Avenue, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northwood Gardens (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Earlswood Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highwood Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wychwood Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wychwood Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dellwood Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longwood Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechwood Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Beechwood Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northwood Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northwood Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earlswood Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Earlswood Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Earlswood Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Earlswood Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northwood Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lessingham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lessingham Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lessingham Avenue
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbotswood Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Evesham Way Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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