IP29 4SY

Whepstead & Wickhambrook · West Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk
Postcode district
IP29
Postcode sector
IP29 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP29 4UA 282 m
IP29 4SR 387 m
IP29 4SS 564 m
IP29 4TA 683 m
IP29 4TR 768 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP29 4SY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP29
Postcode sector
IP29 4
Latitude
52.198082
Longitude
0.675667
British National Grid easting
582,958
British National Grid northing
258,911

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
West Suffolk · E07000245
Parish or community
E04009359
Westminster constituency
West Suffolk · E14001578
Output area
E00153442
Lower layer super output area
West Suffolk 010B · E01030100
Middle layer super output area
West Suffolk 010 · E02006280

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Ickworth Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km
  2. Riverwalk School

    Academy special converter

    4.3 km
  3. South Lee School

    Other independent school

    4.9 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

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Burglary 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.0
IP29 4 residents
4,458

Age bands in IP29 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

649 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

401 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.4%

808 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.3%

1,497 residents

Age 65 and over
27.6%

1,278 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP29 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+
50%
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

  • Old School Road

    BCT · Whepstead

    0.3 miles
  • Old School Road

    BCT · Whepstead

    0.3 miles
  • Pages Hill Road

    BCT · Whepstead

    0.3 miles
  • Pages Hill Road

    BCT · Whepstead

    0.3 miles
  • White Horse

    BCT · Whepstead

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Suffolk 010B, 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

19,212 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ickworth Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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 Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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