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IP31 2FT

Stanton · West Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Stanton
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 2AR 294 m
IP31 2AP 388 m
IP31 2BN 471 m
IP31 2AZ 485 m
IP31 2BF 491 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP31 2FT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 2
Latitude
52.314893
Longitude
0.907584
British National Grid easting
598,283
British National Grid northing
272,510

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
West Suffolk · E07000245
Electoral ward
Stanton · E05012799
Parish or community
E04009350
Westminster constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket · E14001146
Output area
E00153690
Lower layer super output area
West Suffolk 005E · E01030146
Middle layer super output area
West Suffolk 005 · E02006273

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. Stanton Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

  2. Walsham-le-Willows Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.4 km

  3. Bardwell Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Public order 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Drugs 1
  • Other theft 1

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

1

within 5 km

  • STANTON SURGERY

    10 THE CHASE, STANTON, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP31 2XA

    ODS code D83070

    2.0 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

  • Upthorpe House Farm

    BCT · Upthorpe

    0.1 miles

  • Upthorpe House Farm

    BCT · Upthorpe

    0.1 miles

  • Drovers Rise

    BCT · Sheperds Grove

    0.3 miles

  • Drovers Rise

    BCT · Sheperds Grove

    0.3 miles

  • Cafe

    BCT · Sheperds Grove

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Suffolk 005E, 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

16,554 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Stanton Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 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 Public order with 2 events.

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