IP12 2HS

Rendlesham & Orford · East Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Rendlesham & Orford
Local authority: East Suffolk
Constituency: Suffolk Coastal
Postcode district: IP12
Postcode sector: IP12 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
IP12 2HH	2 m
IP12 2JU	662 m
IP12 2JR	679 m
IP12 2JS	691 m
IP12 2JT	702 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: IP12 2HS
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 December 1997
Terminated: 1 December 1998
Postcode area: IP
Postcode district: IP12
Postcode sector: IP12 2
Latitude: 52.136064
Longitude: 1.471072
British National Grid easting: 637,634
British National Grid northing: 254,321

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East of England · E12000006
Local authority district: East Suffolk · E07000244
Electoral ward: Rendlesham & Orford · E05012755
Parish or community: E04009468
Westminster constituency: Suffolk Coastal · E14001530
Output area: E00187866
Lower layer super output area: East Suffolk 023A · E01030199
Middle layer super output area: East Suffolk 023 · E02006293

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Rendlesham Primary School

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4.0 km
Snape Primary School

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4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 2
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Burglary 1
Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
IP12 2 residents: 5,618

Age bands in IP12 2

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 17.3%
Age 15 to 24: 9.2%
Age 25 to 44: 21.1%
Age 45 to 64: 29.4%
Age 65 and over: 23%

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.

Nearby transport

Community Centre

BCT · Tunstall
0.4 miles
Community Centre

BCT · Tunstall
0.4 miles
Green Man

BCT · Tunstall
1.2 miles
Green Man

BCT · Tunstall
1.2 miles
Green Man

BCT · Tunstall
1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Suffolk 023A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,849 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 7 of 10
Education and skills: 5 of 10
Health and disability: 8 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Rendlesham Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

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