CheckNear.me

IP5 1HB

Kesgrave · East Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Ipswich
Ward
Kesgrave
Local authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Postcode district
IP5
Postcode sector
IP5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP5 1EQ 81 m
IP5 1EG 92 m
IP5 1HD 142 m
IP5 1ER 145 m
IP5 1ET 150 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP5 1HB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP5
Postcode sector
IP5 1
Latitude
52.061152
Longitude
1.228981
British National Grid easting
621,442
British National Grid northing
245,227

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Suffolk · E07000244
Electoral ward
Kesgrave · E05012747
Parish or community
E04009422
Westminster constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich · E14001156
Output area
E00153908
Lower layer super output area
East Suffolk 024C · E01030183
Middle layer super output area
East Suffolk 024 · E02006295

Postcode source versions

Explore IP5

Property

View all property records
23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
21, Laurel Avenue, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 1HB 13 March 2026 £345,000
13, Laurel Avenue, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 1HB 13 February 2026 £290,000
25, Laurel Avenue, Kesgrave, Ipswich, IP5 1HB 28 November 2022 £315,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
37
Primary
22
Secondary
5

  1. Heath Primary School, Kesgrave

    Community school

    389 m

  2. Cedarwood Primary School

    Community school

    993 m

  3. Kesgrave High School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
293
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 156
  • Criminal damage and arson 32
  • Anti social behaviour 31
  • Other theft 18
  • Shoplifting 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
53

31 female, 22 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
2.0
IP5 1 residents
5,380

Age bands in IP5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

769 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

497 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.9%

1,002 residents

Age 45 to 64
26%

1,455 residents

Age 65 and over
33.4%

1,863 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP5 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

9

within 5 km

  • EMBRACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    TWELVE ACRE APPROACH, IPSWICH, IP5 1JF

    ODS code D83084

    498 m

  • TWO RIVERS MEDICAL CENTRE

    30 WOODBRIDGE ROAD EAST, IPSWICH, IP4 5PB

    ODS code D83046

    2.3 km

  • MARTLESHAM SURGERY

    23 THE SQUARE, MARTLESHAM HEATH, IPSWICH, IP5 3SL

    ODS code D83080

    3.0 km

  • FELIXSTOWE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    235 FELIXSTOWE ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 9BN

    ODS code D83004

    3.4 km

  • THE DERBY ROAD PRACTICE

    52 DERBY ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 8DN

    ODS code D83051

    3.5 km

  • RAVENSWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    24 HENING AVENUE, IPSWICH, IP3 9QJ

    ODS code Y01794

    4.0 km

  • ESSEX UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST

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

    ODS code Y06499

    4.5 km

  • DR SOLWAY AND DR ROY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code D83073

    4.6 km

  • ORCHARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ

    ODS code D83074

    4.6 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Oxford Road

    BCT · Kesgrave

    0.1 miles

  • Oxford Road

    BCT · Kesgrave

    0.1 miles

  • Michigan Close

    BCT · Kesgrave

    0.1 miles

  • Michigan Close

    BCT · Kesgrave

    0.1 miles

  • Cedar Avenue

    BCT · Kesgrave

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Suffolk 024C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,534 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £315,000 from 5 recorded sales in IP5 1HB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for East Suffolk is £278,376 in June 2026, up 1.2% year on year.

Schools

37 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. Heath Primary School, Kesgrave is the nearest published school at 389 m.

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

Recorded crime

293 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 156 events.

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