IP14 4JA

Bacton · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Stowmarket
Ward
Bacton
Local authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley
Postcode district
IP14
Postcode sector
IP14 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP14 4JB 115 m
IP14 4JE 115 m
IP14 4JD 118 m
IP14 4HZ 120 m
IP14 4JX 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP14 4JA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP14
Postcode sector
IP14 4
Latitude
52.285385
Longitude
1.029169
British National Grid easting
606,706
British National Grid northing
269,569

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Mid Suffolk · E07000203
Electoral ward
Bacton · E05012589
Parish or community
E04009198
Westminster constituency
Waveney Valley · E14001569
Output area
E00153095
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 002A · E01030039
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 002 · E02006262

Postcode source versions

Explore IP14

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Kates Cottage, Gislingham Road, Finningham, Stowmarket, IP14 4JA 21 June 2024 £503,500
Butterfly Barn, Gislingham Road, Finningham, Stowmarket, IP14 4JA 21 June 2024 £640,000
Mulberry Barn, Gislingham Road, Finningham, Stowmarket, IP14 4JA 14 October 2022 £730,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Gislingham Church of England Primary School

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    2.1 km
  2. Bacton Primary School

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    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Other crime 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
30

15 female, 15 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.1
IP14 4 residents
6,156

Age bands in IP14 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

894 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

568 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

1,244 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

1,871 residents

Age 65 and over
27.9%

1,769 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP14 4 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Gislingham Road

    BCT · Finningham

    0.2 miles
  • Gislingham Road

    BCT · Finningham

    0.2 miles
  • White Horse

    BCT · Finningham

    0.3 miles
  • White Horse

    BCT · Finningham

    0.3 miles
  • White Horse

    BCT · Finningham

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 002A, 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

16,002 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
6
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 £571,750 from 4 recorded sales in IP14 4JA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Mid Suffolk is £320,276 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Gislingham Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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