Property market
The five-year median is £350,000 from 1,947 recorded sales in IP31. 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.
IP31
UK postcode district
Part of Bury St Edmunds
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 929
- Current units
- 793
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 12
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 136
Postcode sectors in IP31
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
11,116 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4, Cavendish Close, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3SU | 23 July 2026 | £212,000 |
| 4, Meadow Brown Way, Thurston, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3TU | 22 July 2026 | £238,750 |
| 13, Mere View, Great Livermere, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 1JU | 20 July 2026 | £340,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 674
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 333
- Anti social behaviour 63
- Other theft 57
- Shoplifting 44
- Criminal damage and arson 42
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- IP31 usual residents
- 21,303
- Age-profile population
- 21,892
Age bands in IP31
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.1%
- 3,311 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- 2,161 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.5%
- 4,488 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.9%
- 6,103 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 26.6%
- 5,829 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 772 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 82.1%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 82.1%
- Gigabit-capable
- 82.1%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 641 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 330 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 12 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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
2
in this district
IXWORTH SURGERY
PEDDARS CLOSE, THETFORD ROAD, IXWORTH, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP31 2HD
ODS code D83007
STANTON SURGERY
10 THE CHASE, STANTON, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP31 2XA
ODS code D83070
Evidence in context
Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
674 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 333 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.