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IP31 3JE

Walsham-le-Willows · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bury St Edmunds
Ward
Walsham-le-Willows
Local authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP31 3JD 30 m
IP31 3JH 57 m
IP31 3JB 73 m
IP31 3FY 161 m
IP31 3JA 168 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP31 3JE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 3
Latitude
52.275227
Longitude
0.947650
British National Grid easting
601,193
British National Grid northing
268,210

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Mid Suffolk · E07000203
Electoral ward
Walsham-le-Willows · E05012614
Parish or community
E04010543
Westminster constituency
Waveney Valley · E14001569
Output area
E00153093
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 004A · E01030040
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 004 · E02006264

Postcode source versions

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Property

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Bumble Cottage, Long Thurlow, Badwell Ash, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3JE 6 June 2025 £435,000
Bumble Cottage, Long Thurlow, Badwell Ash, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3JE 11 December 2012 £240,000
Bumble Cottage, Long Thurlow, Badwell Ash, Bury St. Edmunds, IP31 3JE 22 August 2003 £210,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.7 km

  2. Bacton Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.2 km

  3. Elmswell Community Primary School

    Community school

    4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 2
  • Other crime 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

7 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.6
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 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP31 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Long Thurlow

    0.3 miles

  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Long Thurlow

    0.3 miles

  • Maltings Farm

    BCT · Daisy Green

    0.3 miles

  • Maltings Farm

    BCT · Daisy Green

    0.3 miles

  • Church

    BCT · Great Ashfield

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 004A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,730 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £435,000 from 1 recorded sale in IP31 3JE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Mid Suffolk is £320,276 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Walsham-le-Willows Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.3 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 Burglary with 2 events.

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