So you are thinking of moving to Ilford in London? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Ilford is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Ilford the land of milk and honey or are Barking, Dagenham and East Ham a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Ilford
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Ilford. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.
| Polcing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Ilford | 293 |
| Little Ilford | 291 |
| Manor Park | 244 |
| Barking | 220 |
| Fair Cross | 211 |
| Newbury Park | 210 |
| Goodmayes | 166 |
| Cranbrook | 123 |
| Aldborough Hatch | 114 |
| Barkingside | 110 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Ilford. These statitics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Ilford. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Valentines (Best) | 10396/32845 |
| Mayfield | 10492/32845 |
| Cranbrook | 11612/32845 |
| Little Ilford | 11624/32845 |
| East Ham North | 14063/32845 |
| Newbury | 16175/32845 |
| Ilford Town | 5800/32845 |
| Goodmayes | 7790/32845 |
| Clementswood | 9194/32845 |
| Loxford (Worst) | 9683/32845 |
East Ham
Your Health in Ilford
If you are thinking of moving to Ilford, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Ilford compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Local Authority | Very Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Very Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newham | 1.48% | 4.14% | 11.31% | 34.6% | 48.47% |
| Waltham Forest | 1.34% | 3.89% | 12.06% | 35.61% | 47.11% |
| Redbridge (Ilford) | 1.15% | 3.76% | 12% | 34.98% | 48.12% |
| Barking and Dagenham | 1.42% | 4.67% | 12.93% | 33.74% | 47.24% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Ilford. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Ilford. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Little Ilford (Best) | 17295/32845 |
| Loxford | 20137/32845 |
| Ilford Town | 22257/32845 |
| East Ham North | 22683/32845 |
| Clementswood | 23208/32845 |
| Goodmayes | 23663/32845 |
| Valentines | 25164/32845 |
| Newbury | 27486/32845 |
| Cranbrook | 27632/32845 |
| Mayfield (Worst) | 27677/32845 |
Dagenham, Halfway To Hell
Deprivation in Ilford
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Ilford. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| East Ham North (Best) | 10200/32845 |
| Ilford Town | 10583/32845 |
| Clementswood | 11535/32845 |
| Goodmayes | 13827/32845 |
| Valentines | 15415/32845 |
| Mayfield | 17121/32845 |
| Newbury | 17915/32845 |
| Cranbrook | 18356/32845 |
| Little Ilford | 7626/32845 |
| Loxford (Worst) | 9136/32845 |
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