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IG1 2AY

Ilford Town · Redbridge · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Ilford Town
Local authority
Redbridge
Constituency
Ilford South
Postcode district
IG1
Postcode sector
IG1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IG1 2AT 51 m
IG1 2ZL 61 m
IG1 2DG 70 m
IG1 2ZN 70 m
IG1 2FB 84 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IG1 2AY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1996
Terminated
1 December 2015
Postcode area
IG
Postcode district
IG1
Postcode sector
IG1 2
Latitude
51.557674
Longitude
0.068400
British National Grid easting
543,484
British National Grid northing
186,337

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Redbridge · E09000026
Electoral ward
Ilford Town · E05011246
Parish or community
E43000216
Westminster constituency
Ilford South · E14001301
Output area
E00185740
Lower layer super output area
Redbridge 032F · E01034482
Middle layer super output area
Redbridge 032 · E02000782

Postcode source versions

Explore IG1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
201
Primary
120
Secondary
28

  1. The Ursuline Academy Ilford

    Academy converter

    551 m

  2. Cleveland Road Primary School

    Community school

    554 m

  3. Read Academy Education

    Other independent school

    559 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10,224
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,339
  • Anti social behaviour 1,185
  • Other theft 825
  • Vehicle crime 824
  • Theft from the person 807

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
IG1 2 residents
22,854

Age bands in IG1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
24.5%

5,891 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.7%

3,527 residents

Age 25 to 44
33.5%

8,040 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.2%

4,842 residents

Age 65 and over
7.1%

1,712 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

95

within 5 km straight-line

  • YORK ROAD SURGERY

    55 YORK ROAD, ILFORD, IG1 3AF

    ODS code F86657

    241 m

  • ILFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    61 CLEVELAND ROAD, ILFORD, IG1 1EE

    ODS code F86022

    410 m

  • GRANVILLE MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 GRANVILLE ROAD, ILFORD, IG1 4JY

    ODS code Y00918

    636 m

  • ST CLEMENT'S SURGERY

    38 BATHURST ROAD, ILFORD, IG1 4LA

    ODS code F86702

    747 m

  • BALFOUR ROAD SURGERY

    92 BALFOUR ROAD, ILFORD, IG1 4JE

    ODS code F86042

    794 m

  • THE MANOR PARK PRACTICE

    778 ROMFORD ROAD, LONDON, E12 5JG

    ODS code F84729

    873 m

  • SANGAM PRACTICE

    1 TORONTO AVENUE, LONDON, E12 5JF

    ODS code F84658

    993 m

  • MATHUKIA'S SURGERY

    281 ILFORD LANE, ILFORD, IG1 2SF

    ODS code F86692

    1.0 km

  • THE DRIVE SURGERY

    68 THE DRIVE, CRANBROOK, ILFORD, IG1 3HZ

    ODS code F86652

    1.2 km

  • AT MEDICS - THE LOXFORD PRACTICE

    LOXFORD POLYCLINIC, 417 ILFORD LANE, ILFORD, IG1 2SN

    ODS code Y02987

    1.4 km

  • ILFORD LANE SURGERY

    1ST FLOOR ,LOXFORD POLYCLINIC, 417 ILFORD LANE, ILFORD, IG1 2SN

    ODS code F86082

    1.4 km

  • E12 HEALTH

    30 CHURCH ROAD, MANOR PARK, LONDON, E12 6AQ

    ODS code F84121

    1.5 km

  • NEWHAM TRANSITIONAL PRACTICE

    30 CHURCH ROAD, THE CENTRE, MANOR PARK, LONDON, E12 6AQ

    ODS code F84740

    1.5 km

  • ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    HARPOUR ROAD, BARKING, IG11 8RJ

    ODS code F82625

    1.8 km

  • VICTORIA & FIVE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 QUEENS ROAD, BARKING, IG11 8GD

    ODS code F82034

    1.9 km

  • OAK TREE MEDICAL CENTRE

    273-275 GREEN LANE, ILFORD, IG3 9TJ

    ODS code F86025

    2.0 km

  • THE DOCTORS HOUSE

    40 CAMERON ROAD, SEVEN KINGS, ILFORD, IG3 8LF

    ODS code Y00090

    2.0 km

  • SEVEN KINGS PRACTICE

    1 SALISBURY ROAD, SEVEN KINGS, ILFORD, IG3 8BG

    ODS code F86637

    2.1 km

  • ALDERSBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    65 ALDERSBROOK ROAD, MANOR PARK, LONDON, E12 5DL

    ODS code F86731

    2.1 km

  • GANTS HILL MED CTR & THE REDBRIDGE SURG

    63 ETHELBERT GARDENS, GANTS HILL, ILFORD, IG2 6UP

    ODS code F86008

    2.2 km

Showing 20 of 95 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Chapel Road

    BCT · Ilford

    0.0 miles

  • Ilford Station / Ilford Hill

    BCT · Ilford

    0.0 miles

  • Roden Street

    BCT · Ilford

    0.0 miles

  • Ilford Station

    RSE · Ilford

    0.1 miles

  • Ilford / Chapel Road

    BCT · Ilford

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Redbridge 032F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,866 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
3 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

201 open schools are in scope, including 120 primary and 28 secondary schools. The Ursuline Academy Ilford is the nearest published school at 551 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

10,224 published events cover 12 months, averaging 852 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,339 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.