Leiston

Leiston is covered by postcode district IP16. It is in the East Suffolk council area, Suffolk.

Typical price £258,500 Homes sold in Leiston, last 12 months. ▲ 19.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 128 of 179 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 4 1 primary school, 1 secondary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Leiston, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Leiston, by flood risk Of the 183 postcodes in Leiston that ONS places, 183 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Leiston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. IP16 4AA: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AB: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AD: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AG: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AH: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AJ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AL: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AN: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AP: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AQ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AR: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AS: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AT: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AU: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AW: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AX: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AY: not on the flood risk listIP16 4AZ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BA: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BB: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BD: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BE: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BG: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BH: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BJ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BL: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BN: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BQ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BS: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BT: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BU: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BW: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BX: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BY: not on the flood risk listIP16 4BZ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DA: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DB: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DD: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DE: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DF: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DG: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DH: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DJ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DN: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DP: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DQ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DR: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DS: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DT: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DU: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DW: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DX: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DY: not on the flood risk listIP16 4DZ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EA: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EB: not on the flood risk listIP16 4ED: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EE: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EF: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EG: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EH: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EJ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EL: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EN: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EP: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EQ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4ER: not on the flood risk listIP16 4ES: not on the flood risk listIP16 4ET: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EU: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EW: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EX: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EY: not on the flood risk listIP16 4EZ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4FA: not on the flood risk listIP16 4FB: not on the flood risk listIP16 4FG: not on the flood risk listIP16 4FH: not on the flood risk listIP16 4FJ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4FN: not on the flood risk listIP16 4FP: not on the flood risk listIP16 4FS: not on the flood risk listIP16 4FT: not on the flood risk listIP16 4FU: not on the flood risk listIP16 4FX: not on the flood risk listIP16 4GU: not on the flood risk listIP16 4GW: not on the flood risk listIP16 4GX: not on the flood risk listIP16 4GY: not on the flood risk listIP16 4GZ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HA: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HB: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HD: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HE: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HF: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HG: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HH: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HJ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HL: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HN: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HP: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HQ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HR: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HS: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HT: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HU: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HW: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HX: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HY: not on the flood risk listIP16 4HZ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JA: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JB: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JD: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JE: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JF: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JG: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JH: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JJ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JL: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JN: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JP: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JQ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JR: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JT: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JU: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JW: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JX: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JY: not on the flood risk listIP16 4JZ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LA: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LB: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LD: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LE: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LF: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LG: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LH: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LJ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LL: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LP: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LQ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LR: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LS: not on the flood risk listIP16 4LW: not on the flood risk listIP16 4PN: not on the flood risk listIP16 4PP: not on the flood risk listIP16 4PR: not on the flood risk listIP16 4PS: not on the flood risk listIP16 4PT: not on the flood risk listIP16 4PU: not on the flood risk listIP16 4PW: not on the flood risk listIP16 4PX: not on the flood risk listIP16 4PY: not on the flood risk listIP16 4PZ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4QA: not on the flood risk listIP16 4QB: not on the flood risk listIP16 4QD: not on the flood risk listIP16 4QE: not on the flood risk listIP16 4QZ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4RD: not on the flood risk listIP16 4RE: not on the flood risk listIP16 4ST: not on the flood risk listIP16 4SX: not on the flood risk listIP16 4TA: not on the flood risk listIP16 4UG: not on the flood risk listIP16 4UQ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4US: not on the flood risk listIP16 4UT: not on the flood risk listIP16 4UX: not on the flood risk listIP16 4UY: not on the flood risk listIP16 4UZ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4WA: not on the flood risk listIP16 4WB: not on the flood risk listIP16 4WE: not on the flood risk listIP16 4WH: not on the flood risk listIP16 4WQ: not on the flood risk listIP16 4WR: not on the flood risk listIP16 4XA: not on the flood risk listIP16 4XB: not on the flood risk listIP16 4XD: not on the flood risk listIP16 4XE: not on the flood risk listIP16 4XF: not on the flood risk list Leiston Map of every postcode in Leiston, by flood risk Of the 183 postcodes in Leiston that ONS places, 183 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Leiston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Leiston
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 183

Of the 183 postcodes in Leiston that ONS places, 183 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 52.2045, longitude 1.5774. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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

What is it like to live in Leiston?

Homes sold for a typical £258,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 19.7% on the 12 months before. At 128 of the 179 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 183 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school, 1 secondary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Saxmundham, 6.1 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 Leiston?

Homes in Leiston sold for a typical £258,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 48 sales, up 19.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£258,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£216,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 19.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £377,500 16 sales
  • Semi-detached £250,000 17 sales
  • Terraced £185,000 11 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole IP16 district, Leiston's main postcode district: a typical £260,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Leiston: 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 Leiston?

8 of the 183 postcodes now in use in Leiston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 92 homes sold in Leiston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP16 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

IP16 4FTsince August 2025IP16 4FSsince July 2025IP16 4FXsince December 2024IP16 4FUsince October 2024IP16 4FHsince July 2022IP16 4FNsince October 2020

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

PeriodIn LeistonAcross the IP16 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 48 (0%) 0 of 60 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 92 (0%) 0 of 114 (0%)

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 Leiston?

Ofcom reports on 179 of the 183 postcodes in Leiston. At 128 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit128 of 179
Postcodes where every home can get superfast174 of 179
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 179

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Leiston at risk of flooding?

None of the 183 postcodes in Leiston is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Leiston?

The open schools at the postcodes in Leiston. 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

Secondary

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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 Leiston?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Leiston is Saxmundham Rail Station, 6.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Saxmundham Rail Station Railway station 6.1 kmDrive
  • Darsham Rail Station Railway station 8.5 kmDrive
  • Wickham Market Rail Station Railway station 13.6 kmDrive

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 Leiston?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Leiston. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Leiston safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 409 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Leiston 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

  1. 42 September 2025
  2. 29 October 2025
  3. 21 November 2025
  4. 28 December 2025
  5. 28 January 2026
  6. 28 February 2026
  7. 34 March 2026
  8. 30 April 2026
  9. 40 May 2026
  10. 54 June 2026
  11. 42 July 2026
  12. 33 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences218 reports
Criminal damage and arson47 reports
Anti-social behaviour35 reports
Other theft25 reports
Shoplifting22 reports
Public order17 reports
Burglary9 reports
Vehicle crime8 reports

Also: drugs 8, other crime 7, possession of weapons 5, robbery 4, bicycle theft 3, theft from the person 1.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Leiston?

District, borough or city council
East Suffolk
County council
Suffolk
Parliamentary constituency
Suffolk Coastal
Police force area
Suffolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Labour)

All 183 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Leiston

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Leiston postcodes

183 postcodes in use in Leiston, by district:

IP16 postcode district,183 postcodes

That district is in the IP postcode area.

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Places near Leiston

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Leiston's £258,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Aldeburgh5.4 km, £546,500Saxmundham6.3 km, £315,000Rendlesham13.8 km, £305,000Southwold15.3 km, £490,000Wickham Market15.6 km, £275,000Reydon16.1 km, £335,000Framlingham16.3 km, £300,000Halesworth16.3 km, £260,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Leiston

What is it like to live in Leiston?
Homes sold for a typical £258,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 19.7% on the 12 months before. At 128 of the 179 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 183 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school, 1 secondary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Saxmundham, 6.1 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 Leiston?
Leiston is covered by postcode district IP16, across 183 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Leiston in?
Leiston is in the East Suffolk council area, and Suffolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Leiston?
Leiston is in the Suffolk Coastal parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Leiston?
Homes in Leiston sold for a typical £258,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 48 sales, up 19.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Leiston?
In Leiston, primary schools at its postcodes include Compass Community School Aylward Park, Leiston Primary School and Summerhill School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Compass Community School Aylward Park, Alde Valley Academy and Summerhill School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Leiston have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Leiston is Saxmundham, 6.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Leiston?
Ofcom reports on 179 of the 183 postcodes in Leiston. At 128 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Leiston at risk of flooding?
None of the 183 postcodes in Leiston is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Leiston?
8 of the 183 postcodes now in use in Leiston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 92 homes sold in Leiston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP16 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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