IP21 4JA

Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole · South Norfolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Diss
Local authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley
Postcode district
IP21
Postcode sector
IP21 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP21 4JD 157 m
IP21 4JB 276 m
IP21 4HX 312 m
IP21 4HU 517 m
IP21 4HT 687 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP21 4JA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP21
Postcode sector
IP21 4
Latitude
52.371616
Longitude
1.221514
British National Grid easting
619,395
British National Grid northing
279,723

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
South Norfolk · E07000149
Parish or community
E04006521
Westminster constituency
Waveney Valley · E14001569
Output area
E00137001
Lower layer super output area
South Norfolk 014F · E01026935
Middle layer super output area
South Norfolk 014 · E02005610

Postcode source versions

Explore IP21

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Highfields Mews, Mill Lane, Thorpe Abbotts, Diss, IP21 4JA 20 April 2023 £545,000
Highfield Lodge, Mill Lane, Thorpe Abbotts, Diss, IP21 4JA 7 May 2021 £700,000
Highfields Mews, Mill Lane, Thorpe Abbotts, Diss, IP21 4JA 16 March 2021 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Dickleburgh Church of England Primary Academy (With Pre-School)

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    3.5 km
  2. St Edmund's Primary School

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    3.8 km
  3. Scole Church of England Primary Academy

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    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Burglary 1
  • Other crime 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

7 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.9
IP21 4 residents
6,514

Age bands in IP21 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

874 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.8%

481 residents

Age 25 to 44
19%

1,170 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

1,849 residents

Age 65 and over
29.2%

1,800 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP21 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

  • Lower Oakley

    BCT · Hoxne

    1.5 miles
  • Lower Oakley

    BCT · Hoxne

    1.5 miles
  • Syleham Road

    BCT · Hoxne

    1.5 miles
  • Low Street

    BCT · Hoxne

    1.6 miles
  • Low Street

    BCT · Hoxne

    1.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Norfolk 014F, 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

19,394 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 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
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 £545,000 from 1 recorded sale in IP21 4JA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Norfolk is £312,124 in June 2026, up 2.0% year on year.

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Dickleburgh Church of England Primary Academy (With Pre-School) is the nearest published school at 2.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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