Stowmarket

Stowmarket is covered by postcode districts IP6 and IP14. It is in the Mid Suffolk council area, Suffolk.

Typical price £260,000 Homes sold in Stowmarket, last 12 months. ▲ 1.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 371 of 534 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 49 of 554 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 61 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 9+ At least 7 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Stowmarket, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Stowmarket, by flood risk Of the 554 postcodes in Stowmarket that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 22 are at low risk at worst, 7 are at very low risk only and 505 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Stowmarket, Stowupland. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A1120 IP14 1AA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AD: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AR: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AS: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AT: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AU: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AW: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AX: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AY: not on the flood risk listIP14 1AZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BD: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BT: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BU: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BW: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BX: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BY: not on the flood risk listIP14 1BZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1DA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1DB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1DD: not on the flood risk listIP14 1DE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1DF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1DG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1DH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1DL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1DN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1DP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1DT: not on the flood risk listIP14 1DY: not on the flood risk listIP14 1EB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1EJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1ES: not on the flood risk listIP14 1ET: not on the flood risk listIP14 1EZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FD: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FR: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FS: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FT: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FU: not on the flood risk listIP14 1FX: not on the flood risk listIP14 1GA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1GB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1GE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1GF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1GG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1GH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1GJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1GL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1GS: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HD: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HS: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HX: not on the flood risk listIP14 1HZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JR: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JS: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JT: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JU: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JX: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JY: not on the flood risk listIP14 1JZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LD: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LR: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LS: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LT: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LU: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LW: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LX: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LY: not on the flood risk listIP14 1LZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1ND: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NR: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NS: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NT: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NU: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NW: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NX: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NY: not on the flood risk listIP14 1NZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PD: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PR: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PS: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PT: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PU: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PW: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PX: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PY: not on the flood risk listIP14 1PZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QD: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QR: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QS: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QT: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QU: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QW: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QX: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QY: not on the flood risk listIP14 1QZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1RB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1RE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1RG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1RN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1RP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1RR: not on the flood risk listIP14 1RS: not on the flood risk listIP14 1RY: not on the flood risk listIP14 1RZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SD: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SR: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SS: not on the flood risk listIP14 1ST: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SU: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SW: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SX: not on the flood risk listIP14 1SZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TD: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TR: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TS: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TT: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TU: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TW: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TX: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TY: not on the flood risk listIP14 1TZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UD: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UR: not on the flood risk listIP14 1US: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UT: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UU: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UW: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UX: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UY: not on the flood risk listIP14 1UZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1WA: not on the flood risk listIP14 1WB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1WD: not on the flood risk listIP14 1WF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1WG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1XE: not on the flood risk listIP14 1XF: not on the flood risk listIP14 1XG: not on the flood risk listIP14 1XH: not on the flood risk listIP14 1XJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1XL: not on the flood risk listIP14 1XN: not on the flood risk listIP14 1XP: not on the flood risk listIP14 1XQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 1XR: not on the flood risk listIP14 1XY: not on the flood risk listIP14 1XZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2AA: not on the flood risk listIP14 2AB: not on the flood risk listIP14 2AF: not on the flood risk listIP14 2AH: not on the flood risk listIP14 2AJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2AR: not on the flood risk listIP14 2AS: not on the flood risk listIP14 2AT: not on the flood risk listIP14 2AU: not on the flood risk listIP14 2AX: not on the flood risk listIP14 2AY: not on the flood risk listIP14 2AZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BA: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BB: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BD: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BE: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BG: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BH: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BL: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BN: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BP: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BS: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BT: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BU: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BW: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BX: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BY: not on the flood risk listIP14 2BZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DA: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DB: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DE: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DF: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DG: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DH: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DL: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DN: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DP: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DR: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DS: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DT: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DU: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DW: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DX: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DY: not on the flood risk listIP14 2DZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2ED: not on the flood risk listIP14 2EF: not on the flood risk listIP14 2EG: not on the flood risk listIP14 2EQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2FA: not on the flood risk listIP14 2FB: not on the flood risk listIP14 2FD: not on the flood risk listIP14 2FE: not on the flood risk listIP14 2FF: not on the flood risk listIP14 2FG: not on the flood risk listIP14 2FH: not on the flood risk listIP14 2GA: not on the flood risk listIP14 2HB: not on the flood risk listIP14 2JJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2NR: not on the flood risk listIP14 2NS: not on the flood risk listIP14 2NT: not on the flood risk listIP14 2NU: not on the flood risk listIP14 2NW: not on the flood risk listIP14 2NX: not on the flood risk listIP14 2NY: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PA: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PB: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PD: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PE: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PF: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PG: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PH: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PL: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PN: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PP: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PR: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PS: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PT: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PU: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PW: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PX: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PY: not on the flood risk listIP14 2PZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2QB: not on the flood risk listIP14 2QF: not on the flood risk listIP14 2QT: not on the flood risk listIP14 2QX: not on the flood risk listIP14 2RA: not on the flood risk listIP14 2RB: not on the flood risk listIP14 2RD: not on the flood risk listIP14 2RE: not on the flood risk listIP14 2RF: not on the flood risk listIP14 2RJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 2RL: not on the flood risk listIP14 2SA: not on the flood risk listIP14 2SY: not on the flood risk listIP14 3BS: not on the flood risk listIP14 3BU: not on the flood risk listIP14 3EH: not on the flood risk listIP14 3EJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 3EL: not on the flood risk listIP14 3EQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 3FA: not on the flood risk listIP14 3QE: not on the flood risk listIP14 4BU: not on the flood risk listIP14 4BX: not on the flood risk listIP14 5AF: not on the flood risk listIP14 5AG: not on the flood risk listIP14 5AH: not on the flood risk listIP14 5AJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5AL: not on the flood risk listIP14 5AN: not on the flood risk listIP14 5AP: not on the flood risk listIP14 5AR: not on the flood risk listIP14 5AU: not on the flood risk listIP14 5AW: not on the flood risk listIP14 5AX: not on the flood risk listIP14 5AZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5BB: not on the flood risk listIP14 5BD: not on the flood risk listIP14 5BE: not on the flood risk listIP14 5BF: not on the flood risk listIP14 5BH: not on the flood risk listIP14 5BN: not on the flood risk listIP14 5BQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5BS: not on the flood risk listIP14 5BT: not on the flood risk listIP14 5BX: not on the flood risk listIP14 5BY: not on the flood risk listIP14 5DH: not on the flood risk listIP14 5EP: not on the flood risk listIP14 5EX: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FA: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FB: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FD: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FF: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FG: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FH: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FL: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FN: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FP: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FR: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FS: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FT: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FW: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FX: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FY: not on the flood risk listIP14 5FZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GA: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GB: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GD: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GE: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GF: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GG: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GH: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GL: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GN: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GP: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GR: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GS: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GU: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GW: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GX: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GY: not on the flood risk listIP14 5GZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5JB: not on the flood risk listIP14 5JD: not on the flood risk listIP14 5JE: not on the flood risk listIP14 5JF: not on the flood risk listIP14 5JG: not on the flood risk listIP14 5JQ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5LW: not on the flood risk listIP14 5NB: not on the flood risk listIP14 5NG: not on the flood risk listIP14 5NT: not on the flood risk listIP14 5QS: not on the flood risk listIP14 5QT: not on the flood risk listIP14 5QU: not on the flood risk listIP14 5QW: not on the flood risk listIP14 5TU: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UA: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UB: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UD: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UE: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UF: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UG: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UH: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UL: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UN: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UP: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UR: not on the flood risk listIP14 5US: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UT: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UU: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UW: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UX: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UY: not on the flood risk listIP14 5UZ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5WE: not on the flood risk listIP14 5WF: not on the flood risk listIP14 5WG: not on the flood risk listIP14 5XE: not on the flood risk listIP14 5XG: not on the flood risk listIP14 5XH: not on the flood risk listIP14 5XJ: not on the flood risk listIP14 5XL: not on the flood risk listIP14 5XN: not on the flood risk listIP14 5XP: not on the flood risk listIP14 5XR: not on the flood risk listIP14 5XY: not on the flood risk listIP14 5YB: not on the flood risk listIP14 1ER: very low flood risk onlyIP14 1EX: very low flood risk onlyIP14 1EY: very low flood risk onlyIP14 1RA: very low flood risk onlyIP14 3BT: very low flood risk onlyIP14 5AT: very low flood risk onlyIP14 5AY: very low flood risk onlyIP14 1BS: low flood risk at worstIP14 1EF: low flood risk at worstIP14 1EG: low flood risk at worstIP14 1HN: low flood risk at worstIP14 1HP: low flood risk at worstIP14 1HR: low flood risk at worstIP14 1HT: low flood risk at worstIP14 1HW: low flood risk at worstIP14 1HY: low flood risk at worstIP14 1JF: low flood risk at worstIP14 1JW: low flood risk at worstIP14 1PE: low flood risk at worstIP14 1RH: low flood risk at worstIP14 1RQ: low flood risk at worstIP14 1RT: low flood risk at worstIP14 2AW: low flood risk at worstIP14 2BJ: low flood risk at worstIP14 2EA: low flood risk at worstIP14 2EB: low flood risk at worstIP14 3BJ: low flood risk at worstIP14 3BN: low flood risk at worstIP6 8RT: low flood risk at worstIP14 1RD: medium flood risk at worstIP14 2AD: medium flood risk at worstIP14 2AE: medium flood risk at worstIP14 2AN: medium flood risk at worstIP14 2DD: medium flood risk at worstIP14 1EL: high flood riskIP14 1EQ: high flood riskIP14 1HU: high flood riskIP14 1JD: high flood riskIP14 1RJ: high flood riskIP14 1SA: high flood riskIP14 2AG: high flood riskIP14 2AL: high flood riskIP14 2AP: high flood riskIP14 2QP: high flood riskIP14 2QU: high flood riskIP14 5AA: high flood riskIP14 5AB: high flood riskIP14 5AE: high flood riskIP6 8RS: high flood risk StowmarketStowupland Map of every postcode in Stowmarket, by flood risk Of the 554 postcodes in Stowmarket that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 22 are at low risk at worst, 7 are at very low risk only and 505 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Stowmarket, Stowupland. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A14 StowmarketStowupland
  • A home or business at high risk: 15
  • At medium risk at worst: 5
  • At low risk at worst: 22
  • At very low risk only: 7
  • Not on the at-risk list: 505

Of the 554 postcodes in Stowmarket that ONS places, 15 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 22 are at low risk at worst, 7 are at very low risk only and 505 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 52.1876, longitude 0.9949. 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

15 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

IP14 5AB3 at high riskIP14 2AP3 at high riskIP6 8RS2 at high riskIP14 5AA2 at high riskIP14 2AL2 at high riskIP14 1HU2 at high riskIP14 2QP1 at high riskIP14 1EQ1 at high riskIP14 2QU1 at high riskIP14 1JD1 at high riskIP14 1RJ1 at high riskIP14 5AE1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Stowmarket?

Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 371 of the 534 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 61 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 49 of its 554 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stowmarket, 400 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 Stowmarket?

Homes in Stowmarket sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 326 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£260,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£257,250 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £335,000 107 sales
  • Semi-detached £260,000 97 sales
  • Terraced £217,000 91 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £145,000 31 sales

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

Across the whole IP14 district, Stowmarket's main postcode district: a typical £280,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Stowmarket: 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 Stowmarket?

47 of the 554 postcodes now in use in Stowmarket came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 52 of the 426 homes sold in Stowmarket were newly built (12%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP14 district, 27%.

The newest postcodes

IP14 9EUsince July 2026IP14 9ERsince March 2026IP14 1WGsince November 2025IP14 1GLsince November 2024IP14 9BXsince July 2024IP14 5XRsince June 2024

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 StowmarketAcross the IP14 district
The 12 months to August 2026 10 of 326 (3%) 41 of 593 (7%)
The 12 months to August 2025 52 of 426 (12%) 253 of 921 (27%)

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 Stowmarket?

Ofcom reports on 534 of the 554 postcodes in Stowmarket. At 371 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit371 of 534
Postcodes where every home can get superfast509 of 534

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 Stowmarket at risk of flooding?

49 of the 554 postcodes in Stowmarket 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 61 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 49 of 554 postcodes High: 23Medium: 38Low: 295Very low: 105

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 Stowmarket?

The open schools at the postcodes in Stowmarket (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

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 Stowmarket?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Stowmarket is Stowmarket Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.

  • Stowmarket Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
  • Needham Market Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive
  • Elmswell Rail Station Railway station 7.9 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 Stowmarket?

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

Police.uk records 1,322 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Stowmarket 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. 111 September 2025
  2. 121 October 2025
  3. 92 November 2025
  4. 100 December 2025
  5. 97 January 2026
  6. 91 February 2026
  7. 104 March 2026
  8. 95 April 2026
  9. 116 May 2026
  10. 121 June 2026
  11. 140 July 2026
  12. 134 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences680 reports
Criminal damage and arson108 reports
Shoplifting104 reports
Public order98 reports
Anti-social behaviour80 reports
Drugs66 reports
Other theft61 reports
Other crime42 reports

Also: vehicle crime 26, burglary 20, possession of weapons 11, bicycle theft 10, robbery 10, theft from the person 6.

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 Stowmarket?

District, borough or city council
Mid Suffolk
County council
Suffolk
Parliamentary constituencies
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (551), Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (2) and Waveney Valley (1)
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 Stowmarket

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Stowmarket postcodes

554 postcodes in use in Stowmarket, by district:

IP14 postcode district,552 postcodesIP6 postcode district,2 postcodes

Those districts are all in the IP postcode area.

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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 Stowmarket

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Stowmarket's £260,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Stowupland2.3 km, £280,000Needham Market5.4 km, £255,000Elmswell7.7 km, £310,000Woolpit8.2 km, £360,000Bacton8.7 km, £325,000Great Blakenham10.9 km, £260,000Claydon12.0 km, £290,000Debenham13.2 km, £370,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Stowmarket

What is it like to live in Stowmarket?
Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 371 of the 534 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 61 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 49 of its 554 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stowmarket, 400 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 Stowmarket?
Stowmarket is covered by postcode districts IP6 and IP14, across 554 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Stowmarket in?
Stowmarket is in the Mid Suffolk council area, and Suffolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Stowmarket?
Homes in Stowmarket sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 326 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Stowmarket?
In Stowmarket, primary schools at its postcodes include Abbot's Hall Community Primary School, Chilton Community Primary School and Combs Ford Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Stowmarket High School and OA - Suffolk. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Stowmarket have a railway station?
Yes: Stowmarket is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Stowmarket, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Stowmarket?
Ofcom reports on 534 of the 554 postcodes in Stowmarket. At 371 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Stowmarket at risk of flooding?
49 of the 554 postcodes in Stowmarket 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 61 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 Stowmarket?
47 of the 554 postcodes now in use in Stowmarket came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 52 of the 426 homes sold in Stowmarket were newly built (12%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP14 district, 27%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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