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The Drive, Ilford

MyStreetCheck free street report: The Drive, Ilford · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/ilford-greater-london/the-drive/

House prices, sold prices and local information for IG1 3PN, IG1 3HU, IG1 3EY.

Average price (last 12 months)
£725,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2016)
£534,699
56 sales
Price range
£120k – £1.15m
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
6 Nov 2025
IG1 3PJ

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At a glance

House prices£535k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 70% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 7 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station10 min walkRedbridge Underground Station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles, 1 Outstanding Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold53% freeholdAcross 91 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

56 property sales on The Drive, Ilford have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £725,000. Most sales here are flat homes, which have sold for an average of £270,590. Average sale prices rose from £516,562 in 2016 to £595,000 in 2025 (+15%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. 6 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 4 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 36% flat, 36% terraced, 21% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on The Drive range from £120,000 to £1,150,000. 53% of homes sold here were freehold and 47% leasehold.

House prices on The Drive compared

IG1 postcode area£450,984
Ilford£490,278
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. The Drive has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all IG1 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £516,562 (8 sales)2016£517k2017: £467,000 (3 sales)2017£467k2018: £560,000 (1 sales)2018£560k2019: £505,222 (9 sales)2019£505k2020: £697,000 (5 sales)2020£697k2021: £466,330 (10 sales)2021£466k2022: £439,720 (6 sales)2022£440k2023: £683,750 (4 sales)2023£684k2024: £561,200 (5 sales)2024£561k2025: £595,000 (5 sales)2025£595k

Tenure: 53% freehold and 47% leasehold across 91 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Flat20£270,59022 Aug 2025
Terraced20£652,36629 Jan 2025
Semi-detached12£685,7506 Nov 2025
Detached4£813,75023 Jul 2020

Sold prices on The Drive

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
Flat 5, 32, The Drive IG1 3HU 24 Apr 2026£185,000 FlatLeasehold
151, The Drive IG1 3PJ 6 Nov 2025£725,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
21A, The Drive IG1 3EZ 30 Sep 2025£340,000 FlatLeasehold
9D, The Drive IG1 3EY 1 Sep 2025£146,700 FlatLeasehold
Flat B, 38, The Drive IG1 3HX 22 Aug 2025£300,000 FlatLeasehold
156, The Drive IG1 3PR 1 Jul 2025£585,000 TerracedFreehold
121, The Drive IG1 3JE 19 Jun 2025£700,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 4, 32, The Drive IG1 3HU 11 Jun 2025£230,000 FlatLeasehold
128, The Drive IG1 3JG 9 Jun 2025£750,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 3, 32, The Drive IG1 3HU 9 Apr 2025£220,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 2, 32, The Drive IG1 3HU 9 Apr 2025£230,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 2A, 32, The Drive IG1 3HU 9 Apr 2025£220,000 FlatLeasehold
178, The Drive IG1 3PP 28 Mar 2025£400,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
263, The Drive IG1 3PN 25 Mar 2025£825,000 TerracedFreehold
146, The Drive IG1 3PR 17 Mar 2025£875,000 TerracedFreehold
Flat 1, 32, The Drive IG1 3HU 7 Mar 2025£230,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 2, 58, The Drive IG1 3HZ 10 Feb 2025£255,000 FlatLeasehold
78, The Drive IG1 3JA 29 Jan 2025£800,000 TerracedFreehold
131, The Drive IG1 3JF 28 Oct 2024£720,000 TerracedFreehold
73, The Drive IG1 3HE 23 Oct 2024£745,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
123, The Drive IG1 3JE 19 Sep 2024£976,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
36D, The Drive IG1 3HX 11 Sep 2024£161,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat D, 38, The Drive IG1 3HX 6 Jun 2024£315,000 FlatLeasehold
36D, The Drive IG1 3HX 5 Jun 2024£145,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 4, Gloucester Court, 149, The Drive IG1 3PH 2 Apr 2024£520,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 5, 54, The Drive IG1 3HY 25 Mar 2024£275,000 FlatLeasehold
269, The Drive IG1 3PN 14 Dec 2023£755,000 TerracedFreehold
291, The Drive IG1 3PN 25 Oct 2023£640,000 TerracedFreehold
Flat 2, 27, The Drive IG1 3EZ 19 Oct 2023£190,000 FlatLeasehold
12, The Drive IG1 3HT 23 Aug 2023£1,150,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
59, The Drive IG1 3HD 15 Feb 2023£810,000 OtherLeasehold
291, The Drive IG1 3PN 18 Nov 2022£285,321 TerracedFreehold
64A, The Drive IG1 3HZ 28 Oct 2022£350,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 4, 53, The Drive IG1 3HD 27 Oct 2022£280,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 4, 58, The Drive IG1 3HZ 24 Oct 2022£250,000 FlatLeasehold
281, The Drive IG1 3PN 28 Sep 2022£725,000 TerracedFreehold
25C, The Drive IG1 3EZ 12 Aug 2022£260,000 FlatLeasehold
91, The Drive IG1 3JB 11 Feb 2022£838,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
138, The Drive IG1 3PS 1 Nov 2021£602,500 TerracedFreehold
29D, The Drive IG1 3HA 10 Sep 2021£200,000 FlatLeasehold
309, The Drive IG1 3PW 16 Aug 2021£625,000 TerracedFreehold
103, The Drive IG1 3JD 22 Jul 2021£675,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
76, The Drive IG1 3HZ 29 Jun 2021£486,000 TerracedFreehold
Flat 4, 34, The Drive IG1 3HX 9 Jun 2021£307,000 FlatLeasehold
25B, The Drive IG1 3EZ 20 May 2021£170,000 FlatLeasehold
92, The Drive IG1 3JH 12 Apr 2021£510,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 2, 53, The Drive IG1 3HD 26 Mar 2021£300,800 FlatLeasehold
29B, The Drive IG1 3HA 1 Mar 2021£187,000 FlatLeasehold
115, The Drive IG1 3JD 11 Jan 2021£800,000 TerracedFreehold
293, The Drive IG1 3PN 30 Oct 2020£775,000 TerracedFreehold
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Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
36D, The Drive £145,000 (Jun 2024) → £161,000 (Sep 2024) +11%
over under a year
Flat 4, Gloucester Court, 149, The Drive £399,995 (Feb 2016) → £520,000 (Apr 2024) +30%
over 8 yrs
291, The Drive £285,321 (Nov 2022) → £640,000 (Oct 2023) +124%
over under a year
76, The Drive £603,000 (May 2017) → £486,000 (Jun 2021) -19%
over 4 yrs
5, The Drive £260,000 (Feb 2018) → £30,000 (May 2020) -88%
over 2 yrs
5B, The Drive £212,000 (Apr 2016) → £260,000 (May 2017) +23%
over 1 yr

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Crime and flood risk near The Drive

Crime

296 crimes were reported within about a mile of The Drive in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Lower crime than about 70% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences125
Anti-social behaviour75
Vehicle crime21
Other theft18
Public order15
Robbery13

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

The Drive is in or near 2 Environment Agency flood areas:

  • River Roding in Redbridge Flood warning area
  • Lower River Roding Flood alert area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near The Drive

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Cranbrook Primary School 786 pupils Primary 5–11 Report 0.1 mi
Highlands Primary School 676 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.3 mi
Valentines High School 1,357 pupils Secondary 11–18 Outstanding Report 0.5 mi
Redbridge Primary School 808 pupils Primary 4–11 Good Report 0.6 mi
Apex Secondary School for Girls 33 pupils Other independent school 11–16 Report 0.6 mi
Apex Secondary School for Boys 39 pupils Other independent school 11–16 Report 0.6 mi
Beehive Preparatory School 44 pupils Other independent school 2–11 Report 0.7 mi
Read Academy Education 280 pupils Other independent school 3–16 Report 0.8 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train, tram & metro stations

  • Ilford station 1.1 mi · 22 min walk
  • Manor Park station 1.4 mi · 28 min walk
  • Newbury Park Station station 1.5 mi · 30 min walk
  • Redbridge Underground Station 0.5 mi · 10 min walk
  • Gants Hill Underground Station 0.6 mi · 11 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Cranbrook Primary School (->N, THE DRIVE) 1 min walk
  • Wanstead Lane (->S, THE DRIVE) 1 min walk
  • Cranbrook Primary School (Stop VZ, THE DRIVE) 2 min walk
  • Wanstead Lane (->N, THE DRIVE) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Gants Hill Med Ctr & The Redbridge Surg
    63 Ethelbert Gardens, Gants Hill, Ilford · 0.5 mi
  • Granville Medical Centre
    4 Granville Road, Ilford · 0.9 mi
  • St Clement's Surgery
    38 Bathurst Road, Ilford · 1.0 mi
  • Kenwood Medical
    Kenwood Gardens, Ilford · 1.0 mi

Supermarkets

  • Iceland Iceland Gants Hill · 0.5 mi
  • Sainsburys Local Sainsburys Gants Hill Cranbrook Road Local · 0.5 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Gants Hill Express · 0.7 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Ilford Cranbrook Rd Express · 1.0 mi

Pharmacies

  • Beehive Pharmacy · 0.4 mi
  • Roding Pharmacy · 0.5 mi
  • Sheldons Pharmacy · 0.6 mi

Dentists

  • Dental Surgery · 0.4 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 0.4 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 0.5 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income5 of 10
Employment6 of 10
Education and skills6 of 10
Health and disability8 of 10
Crime8 of 10
Access to housing and services7 of 10
Living environment5 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned79.7%62.5%
Private rented18.7%20.3%
Social rented1.6%17.1%
Households444

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1519.7%17.4%
Aged 15–6467.7%64.1%
Aged 65+12.6%18.6%
Residents1,702

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks98%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks99%92%

Share of homes across Redbridge with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around The Drive

Ethnic group

HereRedbridge
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh71.5%47.3%
White15.6%34.8%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.5%8.4%
Other ethnic group4.9%5.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%4.1%

Religion

HereRedbridge
Muslim54.7%31.3%
Christian15.8%30.5%
Sikh8.5%5.7%
Hindu7.5%11.1%
Not answered6.8%5.7%
No religion3.8%12.6%
Jewish1.6%2.1%
Other religion0.8%0.7%

Country of birth

HereRedbridge
Born in the UK56.3%56.4%
Born outside the UK43.7%43.6%

Highest qualification

HereRedbridge
Level 4 qualifications and above46.6%42.4%
No qualifications17.5%17.3%
Level 3 qualifications13.1%13.7%
Level 2 qualifications10.6%11.2%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.5%8.6%
Other qualifications3%3.6%
Apprenticeship1.7%3.1%

General health

HereRedbridge
Very good health49.4%51.3%
Good health36.9%34%
Fair health9.9%10.6%
Bad health2.9%3.1%
Very bad health0.9%1%

Cars or vans per household

HereRedbridge
1 car or van in household40.3%45.5%
2 cars or vans in household32.2%20.3%
No cars or vans in household14%27.5%
3 or more cars or vans in household13.5%6.7%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Redbridge.

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