South Woodford
WardWest Redbridge. About 12,732 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in South Woodford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South Woodford compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South Woodford safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Woodford at a rate of 58.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.4 per 1,000 people across Redbridge.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 51 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Woodford.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (130), violence and sexual offences (123) and other crime (102).
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.
Figures for the whole of Redbridge
These figures are published for the whole of Redbridge, not for each ward, so they describe all of Redbridge and not South Woodford alone. See Redbridge
South Woodford in brief
South Woodford had 12,842 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in South Woodford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Woodford, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In South Woodford, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.