Saxmundham

Saxmundham is covered by postcode district IP17. It is in the East Suffolk council area, Suffolk.

Typical price £315,000 Homes sold in Saxmundham, last 12 months. ▲ 9.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 85 of 124 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 13 of 129 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 20 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Saxmundham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Saxmundham, by flood risk Of the 129 postcodes in Saxmundham that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 116 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Saxmundham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. IP17 1AF: not on the flood risk listIP17 1AG: not on the flood risk listIP17 1AH: not on the flood risk listIP17 1AR: not on the flood risk listIP17 1AU: not on the flood risk listIP17 1AX: not on the flood risk listIP17 1AZ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BA: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BB: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BD: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BE: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BF: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BG: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BH: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BJ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BL: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BN: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BP: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BQ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BT: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BU: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BW: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BX: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BY: not on the flood risk listIP17 1BZ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DB: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DF: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DG: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DJ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DL: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DN: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DP: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DQ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DR: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DS: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DT: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DW: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DX: not on the flood risk listIP17 1DZ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EA: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EB: not on the flood risk listIP17 1ED: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EE: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EF: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EG: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EH: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EJ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EL: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EN: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EQ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1ES: not on the flood risk listIP17 1ET: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EU: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EX: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EY: not on the flood risk listIP17 1EZ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FA: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FE: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FG: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FJ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FL: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FN: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FP: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FQ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FR: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FS: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FT: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FU: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FW: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FX: not on the flood risk listIP17 1FZ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1GA: not on the flood risk listIP17 1GB: not on the flood risk listIP17 1GD: not on the flood risk listIP17 1GE: not on the flood risk listIP17 1GF: not on the flood risk listIP17 1GG: not on the flood risk listIP17 1GL: not on the flood risk listIP17 1GN: not on the flood risk listIP17 1TD: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WA: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WB: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WE: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WF: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WG: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WH: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WJ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WL: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WN: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WP: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WQ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WR: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WS: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WT: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WU: not on the flood risk listIP17 1WW: not on the flood risk listIP17 1XH: not on the flood risk listIP17 1XJ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1XL: not on the flood risk listIP17 1XP: not on the flood risk listIP17 1XQ: not on the flood risk listIP17 1XR: not on the flood risk listIP17 1XS: not on the flood risk listIP17 1XT: not on the flood risk listIP17 1XU: not on the flood risk listIP17 1XX: not on the flood risk listIP17 1XY: not on the flood risk listIP17 1YA: not on the flood risk listIP17 1YB: not on the flood risk listIP17 1YD: not on the flood risk listIP17 1YH: not on the flood risk listIP17 1YT: not on the flood risk listIP17 1AY: low flood risk at worstIP17 1DU: low flood risk at worstIP17 1FH: low flood risk at worstIP17 1AJ: medium flood risk at worstIP17 1AT: medium flood risk at worstIP17 1DD: medium flood risk at worstIP17 1AA: high flood riskIP17 1AB: high flood riskIP17 1AL: high flood riskIP17 1AP: high flood riskIP17 1AS: high flood riskIP17 1DY: high flood riskIP17 1EP: high flood risk Saxmundham 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to IP17 1EP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Saxmundham, by flood risk Of the 129 postcodes in Saxmundham that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 116 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Saxmundham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Saxmundham
  • A home or business at high risk: 7
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 116
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 129 postcodes in Saxmundham that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 116 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. 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 52.2163, longitude 1.4876. 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

IP17 1DY7 at high riskIP17 1AP1 at high riskIP17 1AS1 at high riskIP17 1EP1 at high riskIP17 1AA1 at high riskIP17 1AB1 at high riskIP17 1AL1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. IP17 1EP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Saxmundham?

Homes sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9.8% on the 12 months before. At 85 of the 124 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 20 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 129 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Saxmundham, 250 metres 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 Saxmundham?

Homes in Saxmundham sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 69 sales, up 9.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£315,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£287,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 9.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £348,500 36 sales
  • Semi-detached £212,170 10 sales
  • Terraced £237,500 20 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole IP17 district, Saxmundham's main postcode district: a typical £325,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Saxmundham: 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 Saxmundham?

3 of the 129 postcodes now in use in Saxmundham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 69 homes sold in Saxmundham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP17 district, 4%.

The newest postcodes

IP17 9BHsince February 2026IP17 9BGsince November 2025IP17 1FZsince April 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 SaxmundhamAcross the IP17 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 69 (0%) 0 of 152 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 69 (0%) 7 of 185 (4%)

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 Saxmundham?

Ofcom reports on 124 of the 129 postcodes in Saxmundham. At 85 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit85 of 124
Postcodes where every home can get superfast115 of 124

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 Saxmundham at risk of flooding?

13 of the 129 postcodes in Saxmundham 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 20 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 13 of 129 postcodes High: 13Medium: 7Low: 25

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 Saxmundham?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Saxmundham. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Saxmundham?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Saxmundham is Saxmundham Rail Station, 250 m away in a straight line.

  • Saxmundham Rail Station Railway station 250 mWalk
  • Darsham Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive
  • Wickham Market Rail Station Railway station 9.4 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 Saxmundham?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Saxmundham. 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 Saxmundham safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 315 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Saxmundham 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. 24 September 2025
  2. 34 October 2025
  3. 31 November 2025
  4. 25 December 2025
  5. 28 January 2026
  6. 21 February 2026
  7. 19 March 2026
  8. 19 April 2026
  9. 26 May 2026
  10. 20 June 2026
  11. 46 July 2026
  12. 22 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences172 reports
Anti-social behaviour33 reports
Criminal damage and arson27 reports
Shoplifting18 reports
Public order13 reports
Other theft13 reports
Other crime13 reports
Drugs9 reports

Also: vehicle crime 6, possession of weapons 5, burglary 3, bicycle theft 2, 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 Saxmundham?

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 129 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 Saxmundham

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Saxmundham postcodes

129 postcodes in use in Saxmundham, by district:

IP17 postcode district,129 postcodes

That district is in the IP postcode area.

Check a Saxmundham postcode

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Places near Saxmundham

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Saxmundham's £315,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Leiston6.3 km, £258,500Aldeburgh9.8 km, £546,500Framlingham10.0 km, £300,000Rendlesham10.9 km, £305,000Wickham Market11.0 km, £275,000Halesworth14.3 km, £260,000Melton16.1 km, £333,750Southwold18.0 km, £490,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Saxmundham

What is it like to live in Saxmundham?
Homes sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9.8% on the 12 months before. At 85 of the 124 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 20 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 129 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Saxmundham, 250 metres 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 Saxmundham?
Saxmundham is covered by postcode district IP17, across 129 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Saxmundham in?
Saxmundham is in the East Suffolk council area, and Suffolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Saxmundham?
Saxmundham 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 Saxmundham?
Homes in Saxmundham sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 69 sales, up 9.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Saxmundham?
In Saxmundham, primary schools at its postcodes include Saxmundham Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Summerhill School, 5.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Saxmundham have a railway station?
Yes: Saxmundham is 250 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Saxmundham, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Saxmundham?
Ofcom reports on 124 of the 129 postcodes in Saxmundham. At 85 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Saxmundham at risk of flooding?
13 of the 129 postcodes in Saxmundham 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 20 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 Saxmundham?
3 of the 129 postcodes now in use in Saxmundham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 69 homes sold in Saxmundham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP17 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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