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IP14 1BE

Combs Ford · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Combs Ford
Local authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
Postcode district
IP14
Postcode sector
IP14 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP14 1BH 58 m
IP14 1BD 83 m
IP14 1AX 96 m
IP14 1RR 96 m
IP14 1AY 118 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP14 1BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP14
Postcode sector
IP14 1
Latitude
52.183999
Longitude
0.998627
British National Grid easting
605,090
British National Grid northing
258,209

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Mid Suffolk · E07000203
Electoral ward
Combs Ford · E05012595
Parish or community
E04012743
Westminster constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket · E14001146
Output area
E00153282
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 010B · E01030071
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 010 · E02006270

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
13
Secondary
2

  1. Abbot's Hall Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    582 m

  2. Combs Ford Primary School

    Academy converter

    710 m

  3. Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,300
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 643
  • Shoplifting 133
  • Criminal damage and arson 108
  • Public order 94
  • Anti social behaviour 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
IP14 1 residents
10,344

Age bands in IP14 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

1,742 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

1,102 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.5%

2,906 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.5%

2,681 residents

Age 65 and over
23%

2,525 residents

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

2

within 5 km

  • COMBS FORD SURGERY

    COMBS LANE, STOWMARKET, IP14 2SY

    ODS code D83079

    452 m

  • STOWHEALTH

    VIOLET HILL HOUSE, VIOLET HILL ROAD, STOWMARKET, IP14 1NL

    ODS code D83044

    1.3 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Lime Tree Place

    BCT · Stowmarket

    0.0 miles

  • Lime Tree Place

    BCT · Stowmarket

    0.0 miles

  • Cinema

    BCT · Stowmarket

    0.1 miles

  • Dukes Head

    BCT · Stowmarket

    0.1 miles

  • The Ford

    BCT · Combs Ford

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 010B, 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

15,828 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
2 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Abbot's Hall Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 582 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,300 published events cover 12 months, averaging 108.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 643 events.

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