Property market
The five-year median is £339,950 from 1,123 recorded sales in IP17. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for East Suffolk is £278,376 in June 2026, up 1.2% year on year.
IP17
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 841
- Current units
- 733
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 108
Postcode sectors in IP17
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
7,710 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 14, Henley Close, Saxmundham, IP17 1EY | 20 July 2026 | £215,000 |
| 17, Hornbeam Road, Saxmundham, IP17 1FZ | 10 July 2026 | £300,000 |
| 11, Drake Close, Saxmundham, IP17 1FG | 3 July 2026 | £213,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 7
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 524
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 266
- Anti social behaviour 49
- Other theft 40
- Criminal damage and arson 38
- Public order 29
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- IP17 usual residents
- 12,373
- Age-profile population
- 12,194
Age bands in IP17
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 13.8%
- 1,681 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.5%
- 1,033 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.1%
- 2,082 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.9%
- 3,523 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 31.8%
- 3,875 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 721 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 66.7%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 66.7%
- Gigabit-capable
- 66.7%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 574 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 278 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 20 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
SAXMUNDHAM HEALTH CENTRE
SAXMUNDHAM HEALTH GROUP, LAMBSALE MEADOW NORTH ENTRANCE, SAXMUNDHAM, IP17 1DY
ODS code D83053
Evidence in context
Schools
7 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
524 published events cover 12 months, averaging 44 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 266 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.