IG9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Buckhurst Hill, in Epping Forest and Redbridge.
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 IG9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In IG9, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How IG9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is IG9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IG9 at a rate of 57.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 98.7 per 1,000 people across IG.
In August 2026 alone, 75 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IG9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (297), vehicle crime (128) and other crime (128).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IG9 was 57.0 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 IG9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IG9 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 IG9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epping Forest 015A | 1,332 | 97.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Epping Forest 015B | 1,711 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.7% |
| Epping Forest 015C | 1,686 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.2% |
| Epping Forest 015D | 1,678 | 61.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.5% |
| Epping Forest 015E | 1,918 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.1% |
| Epping Forest 015F | 1,665 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Epping Forest 015G | 1,762 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.2% |
| Redbridge 001A | 1,453 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.3% |
MPs for IG9
- Dr Neil HudsonConservativeMP for Epping Forest89% of IG9’s postcodes
- Sir Iain Duncan SmithConservativeMP for Chingford and Woodford Green11% of IG9’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 IG91
Postcode sectors in IG92
Councils IG9 covers2
Towns in IG92
Postcode districts next to IG94
Nearest rail stations4
More in the IG postcode area2
IG9 in brief
IG9 is a postcode district covering Buckhurst Hill, in Epping Forest and Redbridge.
About 13,533 people lived in IG9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £620,000 in 2025 across 208 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IG9 was £620,000 in 2025.
IG9 had 13,324 usual residents at the census.
In IG9, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In IG9, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.