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IP21 5BN

Stradbroke & Laxfield · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Eye
Local authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley
Postcode district
IP21
Postcode sector
IP21 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP21 5BU 47 m
IP21 5HN 47 m
IP21 5HB 48 m
IP21 5HE 104 m
IP21 5HR 155 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP21 5BN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2012
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP21
Postcode sector
IP21 5
Latitude
52.323433
Longitude
1.269678
British National Grid easting
622,915
British National Grid northing
274,513

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Mid Suffolk · E07000203
Parish or community
E04009257
Westminster constituency
Waveney Valley · E14001569
Output area
E00153332
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 003D · E01034570
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 003 · E02006263

Postcode source versions

Explore IP21

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Castell Close, Stradbroke, Eye, IP21 5BN 14 June 2019 £225,000
1, Castell Close, Stradbroke, Eye, IP21 5BN 1 February 2013 £162,500
4, Castell Close, Stradbroke, Eye, IP21 5BN 4 October 2012 £143,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Stradbroke Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    349 m
  2. Stradbroke High School

    Academy converter

    965 m
  3. Wilby Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
23
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Drugs 1
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8
5 female, 3 male
Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.0
IP21 5 residents
4,909

Age bands in IP21 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.6%
621 residents
Age 15 to 24
8.8%
430 residents
Age 25 to 44
15.9%
779 residents
Age 45 to 64
30.1%
1,481 residents
Age 65 and over
32.6%
1,602 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP21 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+
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
100%

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

within 5 km straight-line

  • FRESSINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    NEW STREET, FRESSINGFIELD, EYE, IP21 5PJ

    ODS code D83069

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Westhall

    BCT · Stradbroke

    62 m
  • Westhall

    BCT · Stradbroke

    73 m
  • Church

    BCT · Stradbroke

    612 m
  • Church

    BCT · Stradbroke

    616 m
  • White Hart

    BCT · Stradbroke

    628 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 003D, 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

21,384 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Stradbroke Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 349 m.

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

Recorded crime

23 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

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