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IP31 3WR

Thurston · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Thurston
Local authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP31 3WS 9 m
IP31 3WU 61 m
IP31 3UY 113 m
IP31 3UZ 121 m
IP31 3QX 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP31 3WR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP31
Postcode sector
IP31 3
Latitude
52.247672
Longitude
0.810542
British National Grid easting
591,960
British National Grid northing
264,774

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
Westminster constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket · E14001146
Output area
E00153354
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 004E · E01030085
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 004 · E02006264

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
6
Secondary
2

  1. Thurston Community College

    Community school

    783 m

  2. Rougham Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.3 km

  3. Sybil Andrews Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
279
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 144
  • Shoplifting 32
  • Anti social behaviour 20
  • Other theft 17
  • Public order 16

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.

GP practices

1

within 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

  • The Acorns

    BCT · Thurston

    0.0 miles

  • Entrance

    RSE · Thurston

    0.2 miles

  • Thurston Rail Station

    RLY · Thurston

    0.2 miles

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Thurston

    0.2 miles

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Thurston

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 004E, 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

25,125 of 33,755

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

10 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. Thurston Community College is the nearest published school at 783 m.

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

Recorded crime

279 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 144 events.

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