Woodford station is the most crime-ridden tube stop in Redbridge, new figures have revealed.

During the past year, over 150 offences have been reported at the transport hub, in comparison to an average of just 33 crimes in the borough’s other tube stations.

Nearby resident of Woodford station, Brenda Fulton, said the level of crime in the area was “a disgrace.”

She added: “It’s so bad in this area. The underpass below Woodford station really is terrible. When I was younger I used to walk through it all the time but now I never use it. I just couln’t even think about it.

“Without a shadow of a doubt we need more police on the streets. If I see a police car once in six months I’m lucky.”

Shaun Curry, whose fiance had her bike stolen from outside South Woodford Station, said: “It doesn’t surprise me that much, but I would have thought there would be more reported crimes in places like Wanstead.

“I think the deterrent is having more people and police around. But it must be hard for the police when they have such stretched resources, and the quality of CCTV is never that great.”

The station-by-station breakdown reveals that at Woodford station there were 81 cases of criminal damage reported, 11 violent offences and 12 thefts from passengers.

At South Woodford, there were a total of 48 crimes reported, with 26 at Wanstead station and 44 at Snaresbrook.

Gants Hill had the fewest reported crimes, with a total of just 21.

A spokeswoman for the British Transport Police (BTP) said the figures needed to be taken with caution.

She said: “Crime statistics are not always accurate indicators of levels of crime. Police activity to target particular offences, changes in reporting patterns and other factors, such as an increase in the size of the infrastructure, can affect crime figures dramatically.

“Crime statistics need to be viewed in their context. For instance busy stations will inevitably generate more reported crime than those that are less busy.”

Despite the figures, total reported crime is still down at the borough’s stations by almost a quarter compared with the year before.