IP4 2SS

St Margaret's · Ipswich · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich
Postcode district
IP4
Postcode sector
IP4 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP4 2SR 12 m
IP4 2SL 70 m
IP4 2EU 72 m
IP4 2FA 86 m
IP4 2ST 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP4 2SS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP4
Postcode sector
IP4 2
Latitude
52.062705
Longitude
1.162817
British National Grid easting
616,900
British National Grid northing
245,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Ipswich · E07000202
Parish or community
E43000134
Westminster constituency
Ipswich · E14001302
Output area
E00152946
Lower layer super output area
Ipswich 005D · E01030010
Middle layer super output area
Ipswich 005 · E02006249

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
63
Primary
36
Secondary
8
  1. St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich

    Voluntary aided school

    384 m
  2. St Helen's Primary School

    Academy converter

    606 m
  3. Woodbridge Road Academy

    Free schools special

    606 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5,138
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,971
  • Shoplifting 958
  • Criminal damage and arson 392
  • Public order 365
  • Other theft 348

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
IP4 2 residents
8,267

Age bands in IP4 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

1,556 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.8%

1,033 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.6%

2,780 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

2,271 residents

Age 65 and over
13.1%

1,149 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

12

within 5 km straight-line

  • DR SOLWAY AND DR ROY PRACTICE

    ORCHARD STREET HEALTH CTR, ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ

    ODS code D83073

    596 m

  • ORCHARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ

    ODS code D83074

    596 m

  • ESSEX UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST

    70-74 ST. HELENS STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2LA

    ODS code Y06499

    698 m

  • IVRY STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 IVRY STREET, IPSWICH, IP1 3QW

    ODS code D83024

    984 m

  • BARRACK LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 BARRACK LANE, IPSWICH, IP1 3NQ

    ODS code D83059

    1.2 km

  • BURLINGTON PRIMARY CARE

    12-14 BURLINGTON ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 2EU

    ODS code D83008

    1.3 km

  • THE DERBY ROAD PRACTICE

    52 DERBY ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 8DN

    ODS code D83051

    2.0 km

  • TWO RIVERS MEDICAL CENTRE

    30 WOODBRIDGE ROAD EAST, IPSWICH, IP4 5PB

    ODS code D83046

    2.3 km

  • FELIXSTOWE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    235 FELIXSTOWE ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 9BN

    ODS code D83004

    2.3 km

  • CARDINAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 DEBEN ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 5EN

    ODS code D83050

    2.4 km

  • HAWTHORN DRIVE SURGERY

    206 HAWTHORN DRIVE, IPSWICH, IP2 0QQ

    ODS code D83056

    3.3 km

  • RAVENSWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    24 HENING AVENUE, IPSWICH, IP3 9QJ

    ODS code Y01794

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Hervey Street

    BCT · Ipswich

    0.1 miles
  • Hervey Street

    BCT · Ipswich

    0.1 miles
  • Christchurch Street

    BCT · Ipswich

    0.1 miles
  • Christchurch Street

    BCT · Ipswich

    0.1 miles
  • Tuddenham Avenue

    BCT · Ipswich

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ipswich 005D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,327 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

63 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 8 secondary schools. St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich is the nearest published school at 384 m.

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

Recorded crime

5,138 published events cover 12 months, averaging 428.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,971 events.

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