IP28 6DR

Risby · West Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bury St Edmunds
Ward
Risby
Local authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk
Postcode district
IP28
Postcode sector
IP28 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP28 6EA 100 m
IP28 6DS 112 m
IP28 6DP 181 m
IP28 6DT 361 m
IP28 6TU 393 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP28 6DR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP28
Postcode sector
IP28 6
Latitude
52.297846
Longitude
0.693998
British National Grid easting
583,798
British National Grid northing
270,051

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
West Suffolk · E07000245
Electoral ward
Risby · E05012795
Parish or community
E04012712
Westminster constituency
West Suffolk · E14001578
Output area
E00153625
Lower layer super output area
West Suffolk 010E · E01030135
Middle layer super output area
West Suffolk 010 · E02006280

Postcode source versions

Explore IP28

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, The Drift, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DR 3 January 2025 £465,000
4, The Drift, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DR 16 April 2021 £185,000
9, The Drift, Culford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6DR 5 November 2013 £175,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
2
Secondary
2
  1. Culford School

    Other independent school

    698 m
  2. Howard Community Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    4.1 km
  3. Abbey Gardens School

    Other independent special school

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other crime 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

9 female, 7 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
1.8
IP28 6 residents
5,963

Age bands in IP28 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13%

758 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

554 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.8%

1,213 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

1,677 residents

Age 65 and over
28.1%

1,639 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP28 6 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+
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%

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

  • School

    BCT · Culford

    0.2 miles
  • School

    BCT · Culford

    0.2 miles
  • Forest Edge

    BCT · Brockley Corner

    0.6 miles
  • Forest Edge

    BCT · Brockley Corner

    0.6 miles
  • Culford House

    BCT · Brockley Corner

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Suffolk 010E, 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

21,598 of 33,755

Income
10 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
1 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 £465,000 from 1 recorded sale in IP28 6DR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Suffolk is £296,879 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 2 secondary schools. Culford School is the nearest published school at 698 m.

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

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 2 events.

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