# IG9

Postcode district covering Buckhurst Hill, in Epping Forest and Redbridge.

IG9 is a postcode district covering Buckhurst Hill, in Epping Forest and Redbridge. Median sale price £620,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 57.3 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code IG9. 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 IG9 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £620,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in IG9 was £620,000 in 2025. Joint 135th 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/ig9#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 13,324** (2021). IG9 had 13,324 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 915th least 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/ig9#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in IG9 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/ig9#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.2%** (January 2026). In IG9, 91.2% 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/ig9#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=IG9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in IG9 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=IG9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 208 homes were sold in IG9 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=IG9) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for IG9.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=IG9) (Census 2021, England and Wales): IG9 had 13,324 usual residents at the census.

## How IG9 compares

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

| Measure | IG9 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £620,000 | most expensive | 11 postcode districts, IG · 2025 |
| Population | 13,324 | 2nd least 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 | 91.2% | 2nd lowest | 11 postcode districts, IG · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the IG postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in IG9

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Epping Forest 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021742) | 1,332 | 97.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Epping Forest 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021743) | 1,711 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.7% |
| [Epping Forest 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021744) | 1,686 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.2% |
| [Epping Forest 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021745) | 1,678 | 61.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.5% |
| [Epping Forest 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021746) | 1,918 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.1% |
| [Epping Forest 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021747) | 1,665 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [Epping Forest 015G](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021748) | 1,762 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.2% |
| [Redbridge 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge/neighbourhood/e01003744) | 1,453 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.3% |

## Your MP

- [Epping Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/epping-forest): Dr Neil Hudson (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 89% of the people here.
- [Chingford and Woodford Green](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chingford-and-woodford-green): Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 11% 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 IG9

[Buckhurst Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/buckhurst-hill)

## Postcode sectors in IG9

[IG9 5 (192 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig9-5), [IG9 6 (99 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig9-6)

## Councils IG9 covers

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

## Towns in IG9

[Buckhurst Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/buckhurst-hill), [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge)

## Postcode districts next to IG9

[E4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e4), [IG7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig7), [IG8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8), [IG10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig10)

## Nearest rail stations

[Buckhurst Hill (450 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.0468,51.6266), [Roding Valley (1.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.0437,51.6172), [Loughton (1.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.0555,51.6414), [Chingford (2.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.0099,51.6331)

## 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)

## 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.
About 0% of people in IG9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IG9, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: IG9
- Postcode area: [IG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig)
- Constituency: [Epping Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/epping-forest)
- Council: [Epping Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest)
- Area: 4.43 km²
- People, mid-2024: 13,533*
- Neighbourhoods: 8
- Output areas: 43

* 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

[IG8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig8), [IG7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig7), [IG10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig10), [E4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/e4)

## Latest updates for IG9

- 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/IG9

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig9, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig9#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig9