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Redbridge

Redbridge is a town or village in Greater London, England. It has around 4 GPs & clinics, 3 pharmacies, 3 supermarkets, and 52 restaurants and cafés, 49 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Gants Hill, 0.3 km away. There were around 280 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Redbridge area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Redbridge area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 310,260 residents at roughly 5,502 people per km².

Council
Redbridge
County
Greater London
Constituency
Ilford North
Police force
Metropolitan Police
49/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 157th of 294 English council areas — better than 47% of them.

Low crime48
Home affordability4
Affordable rents6
Good schools79
Life expectancy83
Low deprivation50
Employment7
Low council tax83

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 25° / 18° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:19

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

3US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: carbon monoxide

Source: WAQI · Waltham Forest Dawlish Rd, United Kingdom

Crime

303 reported · July 2026 4% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences115
  • Anti-social behaviour73
  • Vehicle crime32
  • Drugs20

31 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Cranbrook · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Violence related priority
  • Reduction in theft of motor vehicle

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

624 reported road collisions (2024)

81 killed or seriously injured · 737 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 358 rated 4–5 ★ (298 top)
  • 35 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Redbridge (0.5 km)
  • 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ilford (2.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£495,977 average 3.6% YoY

Across Redbridge · to 2026-06

Detached£1,123,235
Semi-detached£700,446
Terraced£549,176
Flat£312,545

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,724 average monthly rent 2.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,365
  • 2 bed £1,679
  • 3 bed £1,977

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

14.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 14.2 times median annual pay (14.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (5.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)

58 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: MFG Eastern Avenue (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres6
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches73
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

310,260 residents in Redbridge · 5,502/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 66%
  • 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 160 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,295 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (30% of 108,080)

A £1,530
B £1,785
C £2,040
D £2,295
E £2,804
F £3,314
G £3,824
H £4,589

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

95 schools · 58,362 pupils

53 primary · 14 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 32 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

79inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Valentines High SchoolOutstanding
  • Woodbridge High SchoolOutstanding
  • Beal High SchoolGood
  • Caterham High SchoolGood
  • Forest AcademyGood
  • Ilford County High SchoolGood
  • Oaks Park High SchoolGood
  • Trinity Catholic High SchoolGood
  • King Solomon High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Chadwell Heath Academy
  • Mayfield School
  • The Palmer Catholic Academy
  • The Ursuline Academy Ilford
  • Wanstead High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Redbridge

Care & health services

367 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes78
  • GP practices62
  • Dentists67
  • Homecare agencies128
  • Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Redbridge

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 29 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

370 applications decided

68.9% granted · 255 granted, 115 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Wes Streeting

Labour

Ilford North

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 43
  • Con 5
  • Grn 5
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 9

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools15
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens181
  • Restaurants & cafés57

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,050 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£862 median full-time weekly pay

6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,711 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 118,144 certificates

10.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

25% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Imports 17% · Nuclear 12% · Wind 6%

248 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.3 women · 63.5 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ilford North:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Redbridge, London · 0.2 km

    Redbridge is an area in East London, England. It gives its name to the London Borough of Redbridge, a local government district of Greater London, with which it should not be confused.

  • Redbridge tube station · 0.4 km

    Redbridge is a London Underground station on Eastern Avenue in the Redbridge district of Ilford, East London. It is on the Hainault Loop of the Central line between Wanstead and Gants Hill stations, and is in London f…

  • Frenford F.C. · 0.5 km

    Frenford Football Club is a football club based in Ilford, London, England. Based at the Jack Carter Centre, they are currently members of the Essex Senior League.

  • Wanstead Hall · 0.9 km

    Wanstead Hall was the manor house for the Manor of Wanstead, now in the London Borough of Redbridge but historically in the county of Essex. It was later demolished to make way for the construction of Wanstead House.

  • Wanstead Park · 1.0 km

    Wanstead Park is a municipal park covering an area of about 140 acres, in Wanstead, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is also a district of the London Borough of Redbridge, which was in Essex until 1965.

  • Wanstead High School · 1.0 km

    Wanstead High School (WHS), formerly Wanstead County High School, is a co-educational, non-denominational, comprehensive secondary school in Wanstead, London, United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Redbridge?
Redbridge is a town in Greater London, England, in the Redbridge local authority.
How deprived is Redbridge?
The Redbridge local authority, which includes Redbridge, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.