IP4 4BB

St John'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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP4 4BA 28 m
IP4 2RF 63 m
IP4 4AS 84 m
IP4 4BD 87 m
IP4 4SY 88 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP4 4BB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1996
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP4
Postcode sector
IP4 4
Latitude
52.060635
Longitude
1.172884
British National Grid easting
617,600
British National Grid northing
245,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Ipswich · E07000202
Electoral ward
St John's · E05007126
Parish or community
E43000134
Westminster constituency
Ipswich · E14001302
Output area
E00152905
Lower layer super output area
Ipswich 008A · E01030002
Middle layer super output area
Ipswich 008 · E02006252

Postcode source versions

Explore IP4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
62
Primary
36
Secondary
9
  1. Woodbridge Road Academy

    Free schools special

    159 m
  2. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ipswich

    Academy converter

    197 m
  3. Clifford Road Primary School & Nursery

    Community school

    615 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,624
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,830
  • Shoplifting 904
  • Criminal damage and arson 354
  • Public order 315
  • Other theft 303

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
IP4 4 residents
8,278

Age bands in IP4 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.8%

1,546 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

796 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.6%

2,084 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.2%

2,052 residents

Age 65 and over
17.2%

1,345 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

13

within 5 km straight-line

  • ESSEX UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST

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

    ODS code Y06499

    784 m

  • DR SOLWAY AND DR ROY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code D83073

    808 m

  • ORCHARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ

    ODS code D83074

    808 m

  • THE DERBY ROAD PRACTICE

    52 DERBY ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 8DN

    ODS code D83051

    1.4 km

  • TWO RIVERS MEDICAL CENTRE

    30 WOODBRIDGE ROAD EAST, IPSWICH, IP4 5PB

    ODS code D83046

    1.6 km

  • FELIXSTOWE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    235 FELIXSTOWE ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 9BN

    ODS code D83004

    1.7 km

  • IVRY STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 IVRY STREET, IPSWICH, IP1 3QW

    ODS code D83024

    1.7 km

  • BARRACK LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 BARRACK LANE, IPSWICH, IP1 3NQ

    ODS code D83059

    1.8 km

  • BURLINGTON PRIMARY CARE

    12-14 BURLINGTON ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 2EU

    ODS code D83008

    2.0 km

  • CARDINAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 DEBEN ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 5EN

    ODS code D83050

    3.1 km

  • RAVENSWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    24 HENING AVENUE, IPSWICH, IP3 9QJ

    ODS code Y01794

    3.8 km

  • HAWTHORN DRIVE SURGERY

    206 HAWTHORN DRIVE, IPSWICH, IP2 0QQ

    ODS code D83056

    3.8 km

  • EMBRACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    TWELVE ACRE APPROACH, IPSWICH, IP5 1JF

    ODS code D83084

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Rivers Street

    BCT · Rushmere

    0.0 miles
  • Rivers Street

    BCT · Rushmere

    0.1 miles
  • Khartoum Road

    BCT · Rushmere

    0.1 miles
  • Khartoum Road

    BCT · Rushmere

    0.1 miles
  • Duke of York

    BCT · Ipswich

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ipswich 008A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,306 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
4 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

62 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 9 secondary schools. Woodbridge Road Academy is the nearest published school at 159 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,624 published events cover 12 months, averaging 385.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,830 events.

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