Is IG9 6HT a good place to live?
Essex (IG9 6HT), East of England, England
View IG9 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 71 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 12 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
IG9 6HT has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 92 nearby (12 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.2 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 71 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 12 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
IG9 6HT is a UK postcode in IG9 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 71 primary schools and 21 secondary schools, including 12 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Roding Valley, 0.2 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around IG9 6HT include 1 supermarket and 4 parks. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.1 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 3 incidents were reported in IG9 6HT.
Overall score
Excellent overall profile, averaged across five dimensions.
Each dimension is scored from 0 to 100 based on the underlying data for this postcode. Safety is scaled from the 0-5 rating used elsewhere on the page.
Per-dimension breakdown
- Safety
- 5/5 — Excellent
- Schools
- 71/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 55/100 — Average
- Transport
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
IG9 6HT is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 3 incidents were reported in IG9 6HT.
The most common categories are Vehicle crime (67%), Violent crime (33%), based on reported crime type counts.
Schools near IG9 6HT
92 schools near IG9 6HT, including 12 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 71 primary schools (9 Outstanding, 54 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) and 21 secondary schools (3 Outstanding, 17 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
A handful of everyday amenities surround IG9 6HT.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 1 supermarket and 4 parks or green spaces.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Waitrose, 0.4 miles away.
Roding Valley Community Garden is just 0.1 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Waitrose0.4 mi
Parks & green space
- Roding Valley Community Garden0.1 mi
- Luxborough Lake0.4 mi
- Whitbread Playing Fields0.5 mi
- Ray Park0.8 mi
Transportation
Roding Valley is the closest station, about 0.2 miles from IG9 6HT - a very short walk.
Other nearby stations include Buckhurst Hill (0.4 mi).
In total there are 2 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Roding Valley0.2 mi
- Buckhurst Hill0.4 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.
Housing
We did not find enough recent housing transactions to summarise prices.
HM Land Registry data did not return transactions for this postcode in the search window. This usually means a very small number of homes, not that prices are unavailable overall.
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