IG8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Woodford, in Redbridge and Waltham Forest.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an IG8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In IG8, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How IG8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is IG8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IG8 at a rate of 69.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 98.7 per 1,000 people across IG.
In August 2026 alone, 257 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IG8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (739), anti-social behaviour (495) and other crime (422).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IG8 was 75.3 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in IG8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IG8 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in IG8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redbridge 001B | 1,412 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Redbridge 001C | 1,618 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.1% |
| Redbridge 001D | 1,361 | 13.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Redbridge 001E | 1,636 | 72.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.7% |
| Redbridge 001F | 1,765 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.7% |
| Redbridge 001G | 1,913 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.3% |
| Redbridge 004A | 1,702 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.4% |
| Redbridge 004B | 1,571 | 86.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| Redbridge 004C | 1,720 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.2% |
| Redbridge 004D | 1,775 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Redbridge 005A | 1,559 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Redbridge 005B | 2,168 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.4% |
| Redbridge 005C | 1,756 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Redbridge 007C | 1,532 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.4% |
| Redbridge 007D | 1,557 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| Redbridge 009B | 1,895 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.8% |
| Redbridge 009C | 1,824 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.4% |
| Redbridge 009E | 2,010 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Waltham Forest 003B | 1,534 | 83.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.5% |
| Waltham Forest 007B | 1,796 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.7% |
| Waltham Forest 007D | 1,687 | 57.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
MPs for IG8
- Sir Iain Duncan SmithConservativeMP for Chingford and Woodford Green88% of IG8’s postcodes
- Dr Neil HudsonConservativeMP for Epping Forest6.5% of IG8’s postcodes
- Wes StreetingLabourMP for Ilford North5.8% of IG8’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in IG83
Postcode sectors in IG85
Councils IG8 covers2
Towns in IG82
Postcode districts next to IG89
Nearest rail stations4
More in the IG postcode area2
IG8 in brief
IG8 is a postcode district covering Woodford, in Redbridge and Waltham Forest.
About 37,910 people lived in IG8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £610,000 in 2025 across 455 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 69.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IG8 was £610,000 in 2025.
IG8 had 38,384 usual residents at the census.
In IG8, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In IG8, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.