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IP1 6JR

Castle Hill · Ipswich · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ipswich
Ward
Castle Hill
Local authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Postcode district
IP1
Postcode sector
IP1 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP1 6JU 62 m
IP1 6DH 114 m
IP1 6DJ 128 m
IP1 6EB 140 m
IP1 5EZ 155 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP1 6JR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP1
Postcode sector
IP1 6
Latitude
52.077280
Longitude
1.127268
British National Grid easting
614,394
British National Grid northing
246,715

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Ipswich · E07000202
Electoral ward
Castle Hill · E05007120
Parish or community
E43000134
Westminster constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich · E14001156
Output area
E00152773
Lower layer super output area
Ipswich 002D · E01029976
Middle layer super output area
Ipswich 002 · E02006246

Postcode source versions

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Property

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34 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
550, Norwich Road, Ipswich, IP1 6JR 6 March 2026 £415,000
518, Norwich Road, Ipswich, IP1 6JR 30 November 2020 £300,000
538, Norwich Road, Ipswich, IP1 6JR 19 September 2019 £410,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
30
Secondary
6

  1. St Pancras Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    387 m

  2. Highfield Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    397 m

  3. The Beeches Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    443 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,619
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 927
  • Shoplifting 766
  • Criminal damage and arson 168
  • Anti social behaviour 146
  • Other theft 143

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
71

39 female, 32 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
3.2
IP1 6 residents
12,340

Age bands in IP1 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

2,367 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

1,306 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

3,046 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.8%

3,102 residents

Age 65 and over
21.4%

2,674 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP1 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

9

within 5 km

  • CARDINAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 DEBEN ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 5EN

    ODS code D83050

    650 m

  • IVRY STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 IVRY STREET, IPSWICH, IP1 3QW

    ODS code D83024

    2.1 km

  • BARRACK LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 BARRACK LANE, IPSWICH, IP1 3NQ

    ODS code D83059

    2.3 km

  • BURLINGTON PRIMARY CARE

    12-14 BURLINGTON ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 2EU

    ODS code D83008

    2.3 km

  • DR SOLWAY AND DR ROY PRACTICE

    ORCHARD STREET HEALTH CTR, ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ

    ODS code D83073

    3.3 km

  • ORCHARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ

    ODS code D83074

    3.3 km

  • ESSEX UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST

    70-74 ST. HELENS STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2LA

    ODS code Y06499

    3.4 km

  • HAWTHORN DRIVE SURGERY

    206 HAWTHORN DRIVE, IPSWICH, IP2 0QQ

    ODS code D83056

    3.5 km

  • THE DERBY ROAD PRACTICE

    52 DERBY ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 8DN

    ODS code D83051

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • BP Garage

    BCT · Castle Hill

    0.0 miles

  • BP Garage

    BCT · Castle Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Shopping Parade

    BCT · Castle Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Shopping Parade

    BCT · Castle Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Castle Road

    BCT · Castle Hill

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ipswich 002D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,411 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
8 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
10
Medium risk addresses
2
Low risk addresses
3
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £415,000 from 1 recorded sale in IP1 6JR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Ipswich is £219,070 in June 2026, down 1.1% year on year.

Schools

51 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Pancras Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 387 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,619 published events cover 12 months, averaging 218.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 927 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.