IP14 5BW

Needham Market · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Mid Suffolk
Postcode district
IP14
Postcode sector
IP14 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP6 8QU 442 m
IP6 8QT 471 m
IP6 8QW 548 m
IP6 8QX 551 m
IP6 8QS 584 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP14 5BW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP14
Postcode sector
IP14 5
Latitude
52.187199
Longitude
1.033125
British National Grid easting
607,433
British National Grid northing
258,663

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Mid Suffolk · E07000203
Parish or community
E04012740
Output area
E00153320
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 005D · E01030081
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 005 · E02006265

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
11
Secondary
2
  1. Freeman Community Primary School

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    1.5 km
  2. Stowupland High School

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    1.5 km
  3. Cedars Park Community Primary School

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    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
167
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 82
  • Criminal damage and arson 17
  • Public order 13
  • Anti social behaviour 13
  • Other theft 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

1 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
IP14 5 residents
9,777

Age bands in IP14 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.6%

1,818 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

963 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.2%

2,607 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

2,483 residents

Age 65 and over
15%

1,384 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP14 5 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+
0%
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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • COMBS FORD SURGERY

    COMBS LANE, STOWMARKET, IP14 2SY

    ODS code D83079

    2.7 km

  • STOWHEALTH

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

    ODS code D83044

    3.0 km

  • NEEDHAM MARKET COUNTRY PRACTICE

    BARKING ROAD, NEEDHAM MARKET, IPSWICH, IP6 8EZ

    ODS code D83017

    4.8 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Lane

    BCT · Creeting St Peter

    0.4 miles
  • The Lane

    BCT · Creeting St Peter

    0.4 miles
  • Mill Street

    BCT · Cedars Park

    0.6 miles
  • Mill Street

    BCT · Cedars Park

    0.6 miles
  • Mill Street

    BCT · Stowupland

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 005D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,267 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 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

14 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Freeman Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

167 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 82 events.

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