Total Crime Rate
103.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 143 local areas in Bridge , and the 222nd 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 High Road (IG9 5HT) in the last 12 months was 103.0 per 1,000 residents and was 72.9% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 43.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Road (IG9 5HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Duchess Grove, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stag Lane (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hill'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chandos Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Devon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stag Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stag Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duchess Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Duchess Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duchess Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duchess Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duchess Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duchess Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duchess Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duchess Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Road Buckhurst Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lingrove Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuttlebee Lane | Under investigation |
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