Ipswich
Ipswich is covered by postcode districts IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, IP8, IP10 and 3 more. It is mostly in the Ipswich council area: 3,313 of its 3,618 postcodes. The others are in East Suffolk, Babergh and Mid Suffolk.
Every postcode in Ipswich, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 115
- In use before 2020: 3,503
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 3,618 postcodes in Ipswich that ONS places, 115 are new since 2020 and 3,503 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.0547, longitude 1.1586. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 32 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IP1 9PF, is the newest of them.
- 11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IP8 3FW, is the newest of them.
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IP1 2FL, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IP1 6FA, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IP1 6LX, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. IP1 2FX, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Ipswich?
Homes sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 3,095 of the 3,448 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 43 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 234 of its 3,618 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ipswich, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Ipswich?
Homes in Ipswich sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,451 sales, up 0.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £385,000 269 sales
- Semi-detached £262,000 573 sales
- Terraced £205,000 426 sales
- Flat or maisonette £125,000 183 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole IP1 district, Ipswich's main postcode district: a typical £241,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ipswich: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Ipswich?
115 of the 3,618 postcodes now in use in Ipswich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 36 of the 1,806 homes sold in Ipswich were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP1 district, 11%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Ipswich | Across the IP1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 3 of 1,451 (Under 1%) | 6 of 368 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 36 of 1,806 (2%) | 59 of 514 (11%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Ipswich?
Ofcom reports on 3,448 of the 3,618 postcodes in Ipswich. At 3,095 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ipswich at risk of flooding?
234 of the 3,618 postcodes in Ipswich have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 43 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Ipswich?
The open schools at the postcodes in Ipswich (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Redstone Hall School50 m
- St Helen's Primary School550 m 439 pupils, 472 places
- St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich600 m 413 pupils, 420 places
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School, Ipswich950 m 407 pupils, 420 places
- Hillside Primary School1.1 km 402 pupils, 500 places
- Clifford Community Primary School & Nursery1.1 km 404 pupils, 420 places
- Ipswich School1.2 km 966 pupils, 1,250 places
- Cliff Lane Primary School1.3 km 446 pupils, 472 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Ipswich?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ipswich is Ipswich Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.
- Ipswich Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Derby Road (Ipswich) Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
- Westerfield Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Ipswich?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Ipswich, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Dr Solway and Dr Roy Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01473 213261 400 mWalk
- Orchard Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01473 213261 400 mWalk
- Essex University Partnership Nhs Trust Phone 01473 341763 400 mWalk
- Barrack Lane Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01473 252827 1.0 kmWalk
- Burlington Primary Care Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01473 211661 1.1 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ipswich safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 6,245 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ipswich over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 452 September 2025
- 547 October 2025
- 470 November 2025
- 465 December 2025
- 494 January 2026
- 507 February 2026
- 534 March 2026
- 554 April 2026
- 579 May 2026
- 566 June 2026
- 569 July 2026
- 508 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 145, possession of weapons 105, other crime 101, bicycle theft 86, robbery 76, theft from the person 56.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Ipswich?
- Councils
- Ipswich (3,313), East Suffolk (154), Babergh (134) and 1 other
- County council
- Suffolk
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Ipswich (2,860), Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (559), South Suffolk (134) and 1 other
- Police force area
- Suffolk
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Ipswich
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Ipswich is in Ipswich; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Ipswich about council tax Council tax, on ipswich.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Ipswich
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Ipswich postcodes
3,618 postcodes in use in Ipswich, by district:
Those districts are all in the IP postcode area.
Check a Ipswich postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Ipswich
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ipswich's £245,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Ipswich
- What is it like to live in Ipswich?
- Homes sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 3,095 of the 3,448 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 43 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 234 of its 3,618 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ipswich, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Ipswich?
- Ipswich is covered by postcode districts IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, IP8, IP10 and 3 more, across 3,618 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Ipswich?
- Homes in Ipswich sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,451 sales, up 0.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Ipswich?
- In Ipswich, primary schools at its postcodes include Redstone Hall School, St Helen's Primary School and St Margaret's CEVAP School, Ipswich; secondary schools at its postcodes include Redstone Hall School, Woodbridge Road Academy and Ipswich School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Ipswich have a railway station?
- Yes: Ipswich is 1.1 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Ipswich, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Ipswich?
- Ofcom reports on 3,448 of the 3,618 postcodes in Ipswich. At 3,095 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Ipswich at risk of flooding?
- 234 of the 3,618 postcodes in Ipswich have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 43 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Ipswich?
- 115 of the 3,618 postcodes now in use in Ipswich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 36 of the 1,806 homes sold in Ipswich were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP1 district, 11%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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