IP24 2AD

Thetford Castle · Breckland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Thetford
Local authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk
Postcode district
IP24
Postcode sector
IP24 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP24 2AB 44 m
IP24 2HW 50 m
IP24 2AE 55 m
IP24 2AQ 84 m
IP24 2HY 91 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP24 2AD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2007
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP24
Postcode sector
IP24 2
Latitude
52.414813
Longitude
0.750683
British National Grid easting
587,168
British National Grid northing
283,203

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Breckland · E07000143
Parish or community
E04013163
Westminster constituency
South West Norfolk · E14001497
Output area
E00134510
Lower layer super output area
Breckland 016A · E01026468
Middle layer super output area
Breckland 016 · E02005518

Postcode source versions

Explore IP24

65 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
United Reformed Church, Earls Street, Thetford, IP24 2AD 9 January 2026 £211,000
Oddfellows Hall, 2j, Earls Street, Thetford, IP24 2AD 13 November 2025 £200,000
Oddfellows Hall, 2b, Earls Street, Thetford, IP24 2AD 14 February 2025 £137,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Norwich Road Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    130 m
  2. The Damara School

    Other independent special school

    319 m
  3. Thetford Grammar School

    Other independent school

    420 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,977
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 880
  • Anti social behaviour 247
  • Criminal damage and arson 223
  • Public order 139
  • Other theft 92

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
58

27 female, 31 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
2.3
IP24 2 residents
10,281

Age bands in IP24 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

1,694 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

1,039 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.1%

2,973 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.2%

2,677 residents

Age 65 and over
17.8%

1,820 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP24 2 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+
82.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
82.7%
Gigabit-capable
82.7%
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

  • GROVE SURGERY

    GROVE LANE, THETFORD, IP24 2HY

    ODS code D82002

    91 m

  • SCHOOL LANE PMS PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, SCHOOL LANE, THETFORD, IP24 2AG

    ODS code Y01690

    279 m

  • SCHOOL LANE SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, SCHOOL LANE, THETFORD, IP24 2AG

    ODS code D82041

    279 m

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

  • Thetford Rail Station

    RLY · Thetford

    0.4 miles
  • RAF Camp

    BCT · Barnham

    1.8 miles
  • RAF Camp

    BCT · Barnham

    1.8 miles
  • Salmond Drive

    BCT · Barnham

    2.5 miles
  • Salmond Drive

    BCT · Barnham

    2.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Breckland 016A, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

10,122 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
4 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
2
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
5
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 £267,500 from 19 recorded sales in IP24 2AD. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Breckland is £273,851 in June 2026, up 2.7% year on year.

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Norwich Road Academy is the nearest published school at 130 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,977 published events cover 12 months, averaging 164.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 880 events.

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