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IP14 2AF

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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP14 2EQ 81 m
IP14 2HB 89 m
IP14 2JJ 95 m
IP14 2DY 105 m
IP14 2DS 119 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP14 2AF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP14
Postcode sector
IP14 2
Latitude
52.176531
Longitude
0.991673
British National Grid easting
604,649
British National Grid northing
257,359

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
E00153307
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 008C · E01030079
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 008 · E02006268

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
11
Secondary
2

  1. Combs Ford Primary School

    Academy converter

    760 m

  2. Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    851 m

  3. Abbot's Hall Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    958 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
823
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 371
  • Shoplifting 111
  • Criminal damage and arson 64
  • Public order 61
  • Drugs 51

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

14 female, 11 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.5
IP14 2 residents
6,689

Age bands in IP14 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

939 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

672 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.3%

1,394 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.7%

2,072 residents

Age 65 and over
22.3%

1,458 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP14 2 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

2

within 5 km

  • COMBS FORD SURGERY

    COMBS LANE, STOWMARKET, IP14 2SY

    ODS code D83079

    511 m

  • STOWHEALTH

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

    ODS code D83044

    2.0 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

  • Hunt Close

    BCT · Combs Ford

    0.1 miles

  • Hunt Close

    BCT · Combs Ford

    0.1 miles

  • Thatchers Walk

    BCT · Combs Ford

    0.1 miles

  • Thatchers Walk

    BCT · Combs Ford

    0.1 miles

  • Chandlers Walk

    BCT · Combs Ford

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 008C, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,930 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
10 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Combs Ford Primary School is the nearest published school at 760 m.

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

Recorded crime

823 published events cover 12 months, averaging 68.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 371 events.

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