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IP4 3AL

St Margaret's · Ipswich · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
St Margaret's
Local authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich
Postcode district
IP4
Postcode sector
IP4 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP4 3AH 26 m
IP4 3BB 67 m
IP4 3AJ 78 m
IP4 3BD 145 m
IP4 3AY 152 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP4 3AL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1993
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP4
Postcode sector
IP4 3
Latitude
52.071603
Longitude
1.166365
British National Grid easting
617,100
British National Grid northing
246,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Ipswich · E07000202
Electoral ward
St Margaret's · E05007127
Parish or community
E43000134
Westminster constituency
Ipswich · E14001302
Output area
E00152954
Lower layer super output area
Ipswich 005E · E01030011
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
58
Primary
34
Secondary
8

  1. Northgate High School

    Community school

    989 m

  2. Woodbridge Road Academy

    Free schools special

    1.1 km

  3. Sidegate Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,277
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 509
  • Shoplifting 273
  • Other theft 98
  • Criminal damage and arson 93
  • Vehicle crime 77

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
IP4 3 residents
5,334

Age bands in IP4 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

913 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.5%

621 residents

Age 25 to 44
20%

1,081 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

1,442 residents

Age 65 and over
25.1%

1,356 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

  • IVRY STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 IVRY STREET, IPSWICH, IP1 3QW

    ODS code D83024

    1.5 km

  • DR SOLWAY AND DR ROY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code D83073

    1.6 km

  • ORCHARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ

    ODS code D83074

    1.6 km

  • ESSEX UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST

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

    ODS code Y06499

    1.7 km

  • BARRACK LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 BARRACK LANE, IPSWICH, IP1 3NQ

    ODS code D83059

    1.9 km

  • BURLINGTON PRIMARY CARE

    12-14 BURLINGTON ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 2EU

    ODS code D83008

    2.1 km

  • TWO RIVERS MEDICAL CENTRE

    30 WOODBRIDGE ROAD EAST, IPSWICH, IP4 5PB

    ODS code D83046

    2.4 km

  • CARDINAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 DEBEN ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 5EN

    ODS code D83050

    2.4 km

  • THE DERBY ROAD PRACTICE

    52 DERBY ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 8DN

    ODS code D83051

    2.7 km

  • FELIXSTOWE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    235 FELIXSTOWE ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 9BN

    ODS code D83004

    3.0 km

  • HAWTHORN DRIVE SURGERY

    206 HAWTHORN DRIVE, IPSWICH, IP2 0QQ

    ODS code D83056

    4.1 km

  • EMBRACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    TWELVE ACRE APPROACH, IPSWICH, IP5 1JF

    ODS code D83084

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Valley Road

    BCT · Ipswich

    0.0 miles

  • Chelsworth Avenue

    BCT · Ipswich

    0.0 miles

  • Chelsworth Avenue

    BCT · Ipswich

    0.0 miles

  • Cranfield Court

    BCT · Ipswich

    0.1 miles

  • Chelsworth Avenue

    BCT · Ipswich

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ipswich 005E, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,882 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
6 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

58 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 8 secondary schools. Northgate High School is the nearest published school at 989 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,277 published events cover 12 months, averaging 106.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 509 events.

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