IG1 4LU

Valentines · Redbridge · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ilford
Local authority
Redbridge
Constituency
Ilford North
Postcode district
IG1
Postcode sector
IG1 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IG1 4TH 59 m
IG1 4RT 69 m
IG1 4TG 72 m
IG1 4TD 74 m
IG1 4TF 82 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IG1 4LU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IG
Postcode district
IG1
Postcode sector
IG1 4
Latitude
51.563944
Longitude
0.067256
British National Grid easting
543,385
British National Grid northing
187,032

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Redbridge · E09000026
Parish or community
E43000216
Westminster constituency
Ilford North · E14001300
Output area
E00019007
Lower layer super output area
Redbridge 026A · E01003781
Middle layer super output area
Redbridge 026 · E02000776

Postcode source versions

Explore IG1

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
184 - 186, Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG1 4LU 25 March 2025 £93,000
196, Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG1 4LU 12 December 2024 £212,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
191
Primary
117
Secondary
26
  1. Read Academy Education

    Other independent school

    150 m
  2. Apex Primary School

    Other independent school

    181 m
  3. The Ursuline Academy Ilford

    Academy converter

    221 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9,220
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,896
  • Anti social behaviour 1,025
  • Other theft 764
  • Theft from the person 762
  • Vehicle crime 729

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
IG1 4 residents
14,376

Age bands in IG1 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
23.3%

3,447 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.7%

2,026 residents

Age 25 to 44
32%

4,735 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.8%

3,215 residents

Age 65 and over
9.2%

1,353 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

98

within 5 km

  • GRANVILLE MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 GRANVILLE ROAD, ILFORD, IG1 4JY

    ODS code Y00918

    273 m

  • ST CLEMENT'S SURGERY

    38 BATHURST ROAD, ILFORD, IG1 4LA

    ODS code F86702

    394 m

  • YORK ROAD SURGERY

    55 YORK ROAD, ILFORD, IG1 3AF

    ODS code F86657

    540 m

  • BALFOUR ROAD SURGERY

    92 BALFOUR ROAD, ILFORD, IG1 4JE

    ODS code F86042

    611 m

  • THE DRIVE SURGERY

    68 THE DRIVE, CRANBROOK, ILFORD, IG1 3HZ

    ODS code F86652

    628 m

  • ILFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    61 CLEVELAND ROAD, ILFORD, IG1 1EE

    ODS code F86022

    898 m

  • THE MANOR PARK PRACTICE

    778 ROMFORD ROAD, LONDON, E12 5JG

    ODS code F84729

    1.3 km

  • SANGAM PRACTICE

    1 TORONTO AVENUE, LONDON, E12 5JF

    ODS code F84658

    1.4 km

  • GANTS HILL MED CTR & THE REDBRIDGE SURG

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

    ODS code F86008

    1.4 km

  • MATHUKIA'S SURGERY

    281 ILFORD LANE, ILFORD, IG1 2SF

    ODS code F86692

    1.7 km

  • THE DOCTORS HOUSE

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

    ODS code Y00090

    1.9 km

  • NEWBURY GROUP PRACTICE

    NEWBURY PARK HEALTH CTRE, 40 PERRYMANS FARM ROAD, NEWBURY PARK, ILFORD, IG2 7LE

    ODS code F86060

    1.9 km

  • CRANBROOK SURGERY

    737A CRANBROOK ROAD, ILFORD, IG2 6RJ

    ODS code F86698

    2.0 km

  • THE EASTERN AVENUE MEDICAL CENTRE

    737 A CRANBROOK ROAD, ILFORD, IG2 6RJ

    ODS code F86083

    2.0 km

  • KENWOOD MEDICAL

    KENWOOD GARDENS, ILFORD, IG2 6YG

    ODS code F86081

    2.0 km

  • THE HEATHCOTE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    KENWOOD GARDENS, ILFORD, IG2 6YG

    ODS code F86624

    2.0 km

  • E12 HEALTH

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

    ODS code F84121

    2.0 km

  • NEWHAM TRANSITIONAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84740

    2.0 km

  • ALDERSBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F86731

    2.0 km

  • SEVEN KINGS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F86637

    2.1 km

Showing 20 of 98 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Northbrook Road

    BCT · Cranbrook

    0.0 miles
  • Coventry Road / Granville Road

    BCT · Ilford

    0.1 miles
  • Coventry Road

    BCT · Ilford

    0.1 miles
  • Northbrook Road

    BCT · Cranbrook

    0.1 miles
  • Coventry Road

    BCT · Ilford

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Redbridge 026A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,707 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £152,750 from 2 recorded sales in IG1 4LU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Redbridge is £495,977 in June 2026, up 3.6% year on year.

Schools

191 open schools are in scope, including 117 primary and 26 secondary schools. Read Academy Education is the nearest published school at 150 m.

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

Recorded crime

9,220 published events cover 12 months, averaging 768.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,896 events.

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