Property market
The five-year median is £248,000 from 3,165 recorded sales in IP4. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Ipswich is £219,070 in June 2026, down 1.1% year on year.
IP4
UK postcode district
Part of Ipswich
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,227
- Current units
- 946
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 9
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 281
Postcode sectors in IP4
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
24,056 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 20, St Johns Court, Ipswich, IP4 5JS | 22 July 2026 | £110,000 |
| 149, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, IP4 2PF | 17 July 2026 | £330,000 |
| 39, Lanark Road, Ipswich, IP4 3EJ | 17 July 2026 | £245,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,381
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,120
- Criminal damage and arson 230
- Shoplifting 217
- Other theft 178
- Public order 147
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- IP4 usual residents
- 38,346
- Age-profile population
- 38,382
Age bands in IP4
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.3%
- 6,636 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- 4,309 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.6%
- 10,612 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.6%
- 10,209 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 17.2%
- 6,616 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 932 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 903 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 816 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
DR SOLWAY AND DR ROY PRACTICE
ORCHARD STREET HEALTH CTR, ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ
ODS code D83073
ESSEX UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST
70-74 ST. HELENS STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2LA
ODS code Y06499
ORCHARD MEDICAL PRACTICE
ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ
ODS code D83074
TWO RIVERS MEDICAL CENTRE
30 WOODBRIDGE ROAD EAST, IPSWICH, IP4 5PB
ODS code D83046
Evidence in context
Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,381 published events cover 12 months, averaging 198 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,120 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.