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IP5 4AD

Martlesham & Purdis Farm · East Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ipswich
Local authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal
Postcode district
IP5
Postcode sector
IP5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP5 4AH 29 m
IP5 4AB 66 m
IP5 4AG 103 m
IP5 4AJ 107 m
IP5 4AE 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP5 4AD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP5
Postcode sector
IP5 4
Latitude
52.052752
Longitude
1.292274
British National Grid easting
625,822
British National Grid northing
244,488

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Suffolk · E07000244
Parish or community
E04009378
Westminster constituency
Suffolk Coastal · E14001530
Output area
E00153974
Lower layer super output area
East Suffolk 026B · E01030197
Middle layer super output area
East Suffolk 026 · E02006297

Postcode source versions

Explore IP5

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
23, Phillips Crescent, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 4AD 26 June 2025 £620,000
25, Phillips Crescent, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 4AD 28 March 2025 £475,000
21, Phillips Crescent, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 4AD 19 March 2025 £480,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. Birchwood Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km
  2. Waldringfield Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  3. Gorseland Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
139
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 61
  • Violence and sexual offences 27
  • Public order 14
  • Other theft 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

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

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • MARTLESHAM SURGERY

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

    ODS code D83080

    1.7 km

  • EMBRACE MEDICAL CENTRE

    TWELVE ACRE APPROACH, IPSWICH, IP5 1JF

    ODS code D83084

    4.0 km

  • FRAMFIELD HOUSE SURGERY

    IPSWICH ROAD, WOODBRIDGE, IP12 4FD

    ODS code D83057

    4.3 km

  • LITTLE ST JOHN STREET SURGERY

    7 LITTLE ST. JOHNS STREET, WOODBRIDGE, IP12 1EE

    ODS code D83049

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Golf Course

    BCT · Waldringfield

    974 m
  • Golf Course

    BCT · Waldringfield

    983 m
  • Adastral Park Reception

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    1.2 km
  • Lancaster Drive

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    1.2 km
  • Lancaster Drive

    BCT · Martlesham Heath

    1.2 km

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Suffolk 026B, 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

27,806 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £477,500 from 12 recorded sales in IP5 4AD. 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Birchwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.8 km.

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

Recorded crime

139 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 61 events.

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