# IG8

Postcode district covering Woodford, in Redbridge and Waltham Forest.

IG8 is a postcode district covering Woodford, in Redbridge and Waltham Forest. Median sale price £610,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 69.6 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code IG8. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [IG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £610,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in IG8 was £610,000 in 2025. Joint 141st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 38,384** (2021). IG8 had 38,384 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 510th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in IG8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.3%** (January 2026). In IG8, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=IG8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in IG8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=IG8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 455 homes were sold in IG8 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=IG8) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for IG8.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=IG8) (Census 2021, England and Wales): IG8 had 38,384 usual residents at the census.

## How IG8 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | IG8 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £610,000 | 2nd most expensive | 11 postcode districts, IG · 2025 |
| Population | 38,384 | 4th most populated | 11 postcode districts, IG · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 11 postcode districts, IG · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.3% | lowest | 11 postcode districts, IG · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the IG postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in IG8

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Redbridge 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003745) | 1,412 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Redbridge 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003746) | 1,618 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.1% |
| [Redbridge 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003747) | 1,361 | 13.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [Redbridge 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003748) | 1,636 | 72.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.7% |
| [Redbridge 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003749) | 1,765 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.7% |
| [Redbridge 001G](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003750) | 1,913 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.3% |
| [Redbridge 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003654) | 1,702 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.4% |
| [Redbridge 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003655) | 1,571 | 86.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| [Redbridge 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003658) | 1,720 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.2% |
| [Redbridge 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003660) | 1,775 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| [Redbridge 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003656) | 1,559 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| [Redbridge 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003657) | 2,168 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.4% |
| [Redbridge 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003659) | 1,756 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| [Redbridge 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003670) | 1,532 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.4% |
| [Redbridge 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003671) | 1,557 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| [Redbridge 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003760) | 1,895 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.8% |
| [Redbridge 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003761) | 1,824 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.4% |
| [Redbridge 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003763) | 2,010 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| [Waltham Forest 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest/neighbourhood/e01004385) | 1,534 | 83.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.5% |
| [Waltham Forest 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest/neighbourhood/e01004380) | 1,796 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.7% |
| [Waltham Forest 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest/neighbourhood/e01004383) | 1,687 | 57.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Chingford and Woodford Green](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chingford-and-woodford-green): Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 88% of the people here.
- [Epping Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/epping-forest): Dr Neil Hudson (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 6.5% of the people here.
- [Ilford North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ilford-north): Wes Streeting (Labour), MP since July 2024. 5.8% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in IG8

[Woodford Bridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/woodford-bridge), [Woodford Green](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/woodford-green), [Woodford Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/woodford-wells)

## Postcode sectors in IG8

[IG8 0 (220 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8-0), [IG8 1 (36 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8-1), [IG8 7 (165 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8-7), [IG8 8 (186 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8-8), [IG8 9 (190 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8-9)

## Councils IG8 covers

[Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge), [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest)

## Towns in IG8

[Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge), [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest)

## Postcode districts next to IG8

[E4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e4), [E17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e17), [E18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e18), [IG4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig4), [IG5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig5), [IG6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig6), [IG7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig7), [IG9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig9), [IG10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig10)

## Nearest rail stations

[Woodford (600 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.0340,51.6069), [Roding Valley (1.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.0437,51.6172), [Highams Park (1.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0002,51.6084), [South Woodford (2.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.0273,51.5919)

## More in the IG postcode area

[All IG postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 0% of people in IG8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IG8, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: IG8
- Postcode area: [IG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig)
- Constituency: [Chingford and Woodford Green †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chingford-and-woodford-green)
- Council: [Redbridge †](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge)
- Area: 9.28 km²
- People, mid-2024: 37,910*
- Neighbourhoods: 21
- Output areas: 113

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[E4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e4), [IG9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig9), [E18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e18), [IG5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig5), [IG7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig7), [IG10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig10)

## Latest updates for IG8

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/IG8

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8