IP14 4LQ

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 4GG 33 m
IP14 4GH 89 m
IP14 4GL 107 m
IP14 4UA 124 m
IP14 4FY 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP14 4LQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP14
Postcode sector
IP14 4
Latitude
52.264894
Longitude
0.997987
British National Grid easting
604,674
British National Grid northing
267,202

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
E04010542
Westminster constituency
Waveney Valley · E14001569
Output area
E00153085
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 005B · E01030038
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 005 · E02006265

Postcode source versions

Explore IP14

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Wyverstone Road, Stowmarket, IP14 4LQ 20 January 2025 £250,000
7, Wyverstone Road, Bacton, Stowmarket, IP14 4LQ 22 October 2024 £250,000
4, Wyverstone Road, Bacton, Stowmarket, IP14 4LQ 13 March 2024 £208,539

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Bacton Primary School

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    621 m
  2. Old Newton Church of England Primary School

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    5.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
51
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 21
  • Public order 6
  • Vehicle crime 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Other crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.1% 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+
80%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
80%
Gigabit-capable
80%
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

  • Village Stores

    BCT · Bacton

    0.1 miles
  • Village Stores

    BCT · Bacton

    0.2 miles
  • Village Stores

    BCT · Bacton

    0.2 miles
  • Village Stores

    BCT · Bacton

    0.2 miles
  • Church View

    BCT · Wyverstone

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 005B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,270 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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

Property market

The five-year median is £272,500 from 6 recorded sales in IP14 4LQ. 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. Bacton Primary School is the nearest published school at 621 m.

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

Recorded crime

51 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 21 events.

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