IP31 3XN

Thurston · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 3XH	100 m
IP31 3XJ	114 m
IP31 3XG	140 m
IP31 3FJ	177 m
IP31 3QG	217 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: IP31 3XN
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 July 2025
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: IP
Postcode district: IP31
Postcode sector: IP31 3
Latitude: 52.258125
Longitude: 0.815702
British National Grid easting: 592,267
British National Grid northing: 265,950

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: E00153353
Lower layer super output area: Mid Suffolk 004D · E01030084
Middle layer super output area: Mid Suffolk 004 · E02006264

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 10
Primary: 6
Secondary: 2

Thurston Community College

Community school
562 m
Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy

Academy converter
3.3 km
Rougham Church of England Primary School

Academy sponsor led
3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 287
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 150
Shoplifting 32
Anti social behaviour 21
Other theft 18
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%
Age 15 to 24: 9.4%
Age 25 to 44: 19.2%
Age 45 to 64: 30.2%
Age 65 and over: 26.1%

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.

Nearby transport

Community College Rear Entrance

BCT · Thurston
0.3 miles
Rylands Close

BCT · Thurston
0.3 miles
Community College Rear Entrance

BCT · Thurston
0.3 miles
Rylands Close

BCT · Thurston
0.3 miles
Cloverfields

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.

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

10 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. Thurston Community College is the nearest published school at 562 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

287 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 150 events.

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