Property market
The five-year median is £500,000 from 503 recorded sales in IP18. 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.
IP18
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 329
- Current units
- 295
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 3
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 34
Postcode sectors in IP18
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
4,011 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 8, Trinity Street, Southwold, IP18 6JH | 1 July 2026 | £495,000 |
| 2, Queens Road, Southwold, IP18 6HG | 30 June 2026 | £625,000 |
| 22, High Street, Southwold, IP18 6AE | 30 June 2026 | £620,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 3
- Primary
- 2
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 164
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 55
- Anti social behaviour 24
- Criminal damage and arson 19
- Other theft 16
- Public order 15
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- IP18 usual residents
- 3,840
- Age-profile population
- 3,841
Age bands in IP18
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 11.3%
- 434 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 6.9%
- 265 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 13.9%
- 535 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- 995 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 42%
- 1,612 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 292 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 276 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 210 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 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
SOLE BAY H/C
TEAL CLOSE, REYDON, SOUTHWOLD, IP18 6GY
ODS code D83022
Evidence in context
Schools
3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
164 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 55 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.