IP31 3FT

Thurston · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Mid Suffolk
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP31 3QH 103 m
IP31 3TW 121 m
IP31 3GX 129 m
IP31 3GY 155 m
IP31 3FL 161 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP31 3FT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2021
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 3
Latitude
52.254479
Longitude
0.817713
British National Grid easting
592,420
British National Grid northing
265,550

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Mid Suffolk · E07000203
Electoral ward
Thurston · E05012613
Parish or community
E04009265
Output area
E00153349
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 004D · E01030084
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 004 · E02006264

Postcode source versions

Explore IP31

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
5
Secondary
2
  1. Thurston Community College

    Community school

    550 m
  2. Rougham Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.2 km
  3. Norton CEVC Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
284
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 148
  • Shoplifting 32
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Other theft 17
  • Public order 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
IP31 3 residents
7,297

Age bands in IP31 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,103 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

689 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.2%

1,402 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.2%

2,209 residents

Age 65 and over
26.1%

1,911 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

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Cloverfields

    BCT · Thurston

    0.2 miles
  • Cloverfields

    BCT · Thurston

    0.2 miles
  • Rylands Close

    BCT · Thurston

    0.2 miles
  • Rylands Close

    BCT · Thurston

    0.2 miles
  • The Green

    BCT · Thurston

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 004D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,153 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
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

9 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 2 secondary schools. Thurston Community College is the nearest published school at 550 m.

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

Recorded crime

284 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 148 events.

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