Schools
95 open schools are in scope, including 52 primary and 15 secondary schools. Daiglen School is the nearest published school at 431 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
IG9 5LZ
Buckhurst Hill West · Epping Forest · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Buckhurst Hill West
- Local authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Epping Forest
- Postcode district
- IG9
- Postcode sector
- IG9 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- IG9 5LZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1995
- Terminated
- 1 December 1996
- Postcode area
- IG
- Postcode district
- IG9
- Postcode sector
- IG9 5
- Latitude
- 51.625235
- Longitude
- 0.042806
- British National Grid easting
- 541,500
- British National Grid northing
- 193,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Epping Forest · E07000072
- Electoral ward
- Buckhurst Hill West · E05015725
- Parish or community
- E04004038
- Westminster constituency
- Epping Forest · E14001226
- Output area
- E00110462
- Lower layer super output area
- Epping Forest 015G · E01021748
- Middle layer super output area
- Epping Forest 015 · E02004541
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore IG9
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 95
- Primary
- 52
- Secondary
- 15
- 431 m
Daiglen School
Other independent school
- 531 m
Loyola Preparatory School
Other independent school
- 678 m
Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,065
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 418
- Vehicle crime 168
- Burglary 82
- Anti social behaviour 75
- Other theft 72
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- IG9 5 residents
- 7,665
Age bands in IG9 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 20%
1,380 residents
708 residents
2,057 residents
2,130 residents
1,567 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.
GP practices
30
within 5 km straight-line
KINGS MEDICAL CENTRE
23 KINGS AVENUE, BUCKHURST HILL, IG9 5LP
ODS code F81169
111 m
PALMERSTON ROAD SURGERY
18 PALMERSTON ROAD, BUCKHURST HILL, IG9 5LT
ODS code F81165
230 m
THE RIVER SURGERY
16 ROUS ROAD, BUCKHURST HILL, IG9 6BN
ODS code F81216
728 m
THE BROADWAY SURGERY
3 BROADWAY GARDENS, MONKHAMS AVENUE, WOODFORD GREEN, IG8 0HF
ODS code F86013
2.0 km
RYDAL
375 HIGH ROAD, WOODFORD GREEN, IG8 9QJ
ODS code F86012
2.4 km
LOUGHTON HEALTH CENTRE
THE DRIVE, LOUGHTON, IG10 1HW
ODS code F81048
2.8 km
LARKSHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
1 LARKSHALL ROAD, CHINGFORD, LONDON, E4 7HS
ODS code F86664
2.8 km
THE LOUGHTON SURGERY
25 TRAPS HILL, LOUGHTON, IG10 1SZ
ODS code F81136
2.9 km
THE OLD CHURCH SURGERY
SILVERTHORN CENTRE, 2 FRIARS CLOSE, CHINGFORD, LONDON, E4 6UN
ODS code F86616
3.1 km
QUEEN MARY PRACTICE
SOUTH WOODFORD HEALTH CENTRE, 114 HIGH ROAD, SOUTH WOODFORD, LONDON, E18 2QS
ODS code F86658
3.4 km
THE ELMHURST PRACTICE
114 HIGH ROAD, SOUTH WOODFORD, LONDON, E18 2QS
ODS code F86064
3.4 km
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE
HANDSWORTH AVENUE, HIGHAMS PARK, LONDON, E4 9PD
ODS code F86004
3.5 km
CHIGWELL MEDICAL CENTRE
300 FENCEPIECE ROAD, ILFORD, IG6 2TA
ODS code F81062
3.6 km
SOUTHDENE SURGERY
THE SHRUBBERIES, GEORGE LANE, SOUTH WOODFORD, LONDON, E18 1BD
ODS code F86066
3.6 km
THE SHRUBBERIES MEDICAL CENTRE
12 THE SHRUBBERIES, GEORGE LANE, LONDON, E18 1BD
ODS code F86641
3.6 km
THE RIDGEWAY SURGERY
1 MOUNT ECHO AVENUE, CHINGFORD, LONDON, E4 7JX
ODS code F86078
3.7 km
THE FULLWELL AVENUE SURGERY
272 FULLWELL AVENUE, CLAYHALL, ILFORD, IG5 0SB
ODS code F86612
3.8 km
CLAYHALL CLINIC
14 CLAYHALL AVENUE, CLAYHALL, ILFORD, IG5 0LG
ODS code F86691
3.8 km
GLEBELANDS PRACTICE
2 GLEBELANDS AVENUE, SOUTH WOODFORD, LONDON, E18 2AB
ODS code F86020
3.8 km
KINGS HEAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
178 KINGS HEAD HILL, CHINGFORD, LONDON, E4 7NX
ODS code F86700
3.9 km
Showing 20 of 30 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Roebuck Lane
BCT · Buckhurst Hill
- 0.1 miles
Roebuck Lane
BCT · Buckhurst Hill
- 0.1 miles
Buckhurst Hill Underground Station
MET · Buckhurst Hill
- 0.2 miles
Buckhurst Hill Station
BCT · Buckhurst Hill
- 0.2 miles
Buckhurst Hill Underground Station
MET · Buckhurst Hill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Epping Forest 015G, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
28,853 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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
Recorded crime
1,065 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 418 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.