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IP28 8DL

The Rows · West Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bury St Edmunds
Ward
The Rows
Local authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk
Postcode district
IP28
Postcode sector
IP28 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP28 8GG 104 m
IP28 8EZ 225 m
IP28 8DN 232 m
IP28 8EY 240 m
IP28 8FB 269 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP28 8DL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP28
Postcode sector
IP28 8
Latitude
52.377000
Longitude
0.476175
British National Grid easting
568,646
British National Grid northing
278,323

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
West Suffolk · E07000245
Electoral ward
The Rows · E05012801
Parish or community
E04009160
Westminster constituency
West Suffolk · E14001578
Output area
E00165735
Lower layer super output area
West Suffolk 003C · E01032524
Middle layer super output area
West Suffolk 003 · E02006240

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Magnolia Cottage, Rookery Drove, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8DL 17 April 2019 £365,000
Lady Love, Rookery Drove, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8DL 12 January 2017 £395,000
9a, Rookery Drove, Beck Row, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8DL 3 March 2006 £100,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
0

  1. Beck Row Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km

  2. West Row Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.6 km

  3. On Track Education Mildenhall

    Other independent special school

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
187
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 84
  • Criminal damage and arson 27
  • Anti social behaviour 22
  • Other theft 11
  • Public order 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13
6 female, 7 male
Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.9
IP28 8 residents
14,377

Age bands in IP28 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.5%
3,219 residents
Age 15 to 24
13.6%
1,940 residents
Age 25 to 44
35.3%
5,056 residents
Age 45 to 64
18.5%
2,646 residents
Age 65 and over
10.1%
1,445 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP28 8 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, 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

  • MARKET CROSS SURGERY

    7 MARKET PLACE, MILDENHALL, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP28 7EG

    ODS code D83018

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Rookery Drove

    BCT · Beck Row

    380 m

  • Rookery Drove

    BCT · Beck Row

    404 m

  • Barleycorn Way

    BCT · Beck Row

    663 m

  • Barleycorn Way

    BCT · Beck Row

    667 m

  • Moss Edge Farm

    BCT · Beck Row

    765 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Suffolk 003C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,617 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 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
1
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 0 secondary schools. Beck Row Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 1.3 km.

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

Recorded crime

187 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 84 events.

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