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IP31 2FJ

The Fornhams & Great Barton · West Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
The Fornhams & Great Barton
Local authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP31 2PJ 0 m
IP31 2QA 103 m
IP31 2PP 260 m
IP31 2PH 281 m
IP31 2PE 377 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP31 2FJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2017
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 2
Latitude
52.269129
Longitude
0.796933
British National Grid easting
590,939
British National Grid northing
267,124

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
West Suffolk · E07000245
Electoral ward
The Fornhams & Great Barton · E05012800
Parish or community
E04012715
Westminster constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket · E14001146
Output area
E00183323
Lower layer super output area
West Suffolk 016A · E01030104
Middle layer super output area
West Suffolk 016 · E02006276

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
5
Secondary
3

  1. Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

  2. Thurston Community College

    Community school

    1.8 km

  3. Sir Peter Hall School

    Free schools special

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
75
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 31
  • Other theft 11
  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Drugs 5
  • Burglary 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
IP31 2 residents
8,206

Age bands in IP31 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,385 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

761 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.7%

1,705 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

2,315 residents

Age 65 and over
28.7%

2,488 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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • IXWORTH SURGERY

    PEDDARS CLOSE, THETFORD ROAD, IXWORTH, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP31 2HD

    ODS code D83007

    4.5 km

  • MOUNT FARM SURGERY

    LAWSON PLACE, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP32 7EW

    ODS code D83038

    4.6 km

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Barton Hamlet

    BCT · Great Barton

    0.2 miles

  • Barton Hamlet

    BCT · Great Barton

    0.2 miles

  • Mere Close

    BCT · Great Barton

    0.3 miles

  • Mere Close

    BCT · Great Barton

    0.3 miles

  • Bunbury Arms

    BCT · Great Barton

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Suffolk 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,667 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
9 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
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

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 3 secondary schools. Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

75 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 31 events.

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