IP12 3HX

Deben · East Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Deben
Local authority: East Suffolk
Constituency: Suffolk Coastal
Postcode district: IP12
Postcode sector: IP12 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
IP12 3LZ	386 m
IP12 3LU	489 m
IP12 3TN	502 m
IP12 3TY	503 m
IP12 3TX	505 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: IP12 3HX
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 December 1986
Postcode area: IP
Postcode district: IP12
Postcode sector: IP12 3
Latitude: 52.086002
Longitude: 1.392223
British National Grid easting: 632,500
British National Grid northing: 248,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East of England · E12000006
Local authority district: East Suffolk · E07000244
Electoral ward: Deben · E05012740
Parish or community: E04012221
Westminster constituency: Suffolk Coastal · E14001530
Output area: E00173880
Lower layer super output area: East Suffolk 023B · E01033443
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: 3
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Sandlings Primary School

Community school
678 m
Eyke Church of England Primary School

Academy sponsor led
3.3 km
Melton Primary School

Community school
4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 38
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 24
Other crime 4
Other theft 4
Vehicle crime 2
Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
IP12 3 residents: 5,054

Age bands in IP12 3

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12.8%
Age 15 to 24: 11.3%
Age 25 to 44: 25.1%
Age 45 to 64: 28.3%
Age 65 and over: 22.5%

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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

Nearby transport

Turning Point

BCT · Sutton Heath Estate
0.5 miles
Picnic Site

BCT · Hollesley
1.1 miles
Picnic Site

BCT · Hollesley
1.1 miles
Claypond Cottage

BCT · Spratts Street
1.3 miles
Claypond Cottage

BCT · Spratts Street
1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Suffolk 023B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,321 of 33,755

Income: 10 of 10
Employment: 10 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 7 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 6 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Sandlings Primary School is the nearest published school at 678 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

38 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 24 events.

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