IG7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Grange Hill, Hainault and Chigwell, in Epping Forest and Redbridge.
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 IG7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in IG7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How IG7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is IG7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IG7 at a rate of 70.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 98.7 per 1,000 people across the IG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 148 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IG7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (651), other crime (279) and anti-social behaviour (263).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IG7 was 65.4 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 IG7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IG7 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in IG7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epping Forest 016A | 2,352 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 81.3% |
| Epping Forest 016B | 1,708 | 121.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.8% |
| Epping Forest 016C | 1,411 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| Epping Forest 016D | 1,528 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.6% |
| Epping Forest 017A | 1,893 | 97.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.6% |
| Epping Forest 017B | 2,043 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 75.5% |
| Epping Forest 017C | 1,688 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.4% |
| Epping Forest 017D | 1,978 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.7% |
| Redbridge 002B | 2,418 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| Redbridge 002C | 1,915 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Redbridge 003B | 1,483 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.4% |
| Redbridge 003C | 1,760 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.6% |
| Redbridge 003D | 1,781 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
MPs for IG7
- Dr Neil HudsonConservativeMP for Epping Forest63% of IG7’s postcodes
- Wes StreetingLabourMP for Ilford North37% of IG7’s postcodes
- Alex BurghartConservativeMP for Brentwood and Ongar0.2% of IG7’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in IG73
Postcode sectors in IG73
Councils IG7 covers2
Towns in IG72
Postcode districts next to IG78
Nearest rail stations4
More in the IG postcode area2
IG7 in brief
IG7 is a postcode district covering Grange Hill, Hainault and Chigwell, in Epping Forest and Redbridge.
About 24,788 people lived in IG7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £500,000 in 2025 across 242 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 70.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IG7 was £500,000 in 2025.
IG7 had 23,885 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in IG7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IG7, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.