IP31 3HN

Walsham-le-Willows · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bury St Edmunds
Local authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP31 3HQ 267 m
IP31 3HH 428 m
IP31 3HG 559 m
IP31 3HF 602 m
IP31 3HE 734 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP31 3HN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 3
Latitude
52.266437
Longitude
0.926472
British National Grid easting
599,788
British National Grid northing
267,174

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Mid Suffolk · E07000203
Parish or community
E04010553
Westminster constituency
Waveney Valley · E14001569
Output area
E00153096
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 002A · E01030039
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 002 · E02006262

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Property

At this postcode

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Belle Vue, School Road, Great Ashfield, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3HN 11 October 2010 £193,500
Sunnycroft, School Road, Great Ashfield, Bury St. Edmunds, IP31 3HN 27 June 2003 £235,000
Ashton House, School Road, Great Ashfield, Bury St. Edmunds, IP31 3HN 8 August 1997 £88,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Elmswell Community Primary School

    Community school

    3.5 km
  2. Thurston Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    4.1 km
  3. Norton CEVC Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 4
  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Other crime 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

9 female, 14 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.9
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

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP31 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
70%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
30%
Next Generation Access
70%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

  • Church

    BCT · Great Ashfield

    0.4 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Great Ashfield

    0.4 miles
  • Maltings Farm

    BCT · Daisy Green

    0.8 miles
  • Maltings Farm

    BCT · Daisy Green

    0.8 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Long Thurlow

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 002A, 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

16,002 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
1
Low risk addresses
2
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Elmswell Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 4 events.

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