Total Crime Rate
393.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
250.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Craven Gardens area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 143 local areas in Bridge , and the 25th highest crime rate of 745 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 Craven Gardens (IG6 1PS) in the last 12 months was 393.1 per 1,000 residents and was 560.2% higher than the Bridge average (59.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 102 (≈ 250.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 72.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Craven Gardens (IG6 1PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 161 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (72 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fairlop| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tollesbury Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Starch House Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waverley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tollesbury Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tollesbury Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranbourne Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Virginia Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranbourne Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Craven Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waverley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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