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IP6 0LF

Blakenham · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Blakenham
Local authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Postcode district
IP6
Postcode sector
IP6 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP6 0GT 46 m
IP6 0LG 56 m
IP6 0GQ 103 m
IP6 0GS 112 m
IP6 0JH 124 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP6 0LF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP6
Postcode sector
IP6 0
Latitude
52.111284
Longitude
1.094678
British National Grid easting
612,000
British National Grid northing
250,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Mid Suffolk · E07000203
Electoral ward
Blakenham · E05012591
Parish or community
E04010554
Westminster constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich · E14001156
Output area
E00183384
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 011B · E01030043
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 011 · E02006271

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
9
Secondary
3

  1. Claydon Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

  2. Claydon High School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

  3. Somersham Primary School

    Community school

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
208
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 92
  • Anti social behaviour 25
  • Other theft 20
  • Criminal damage and arson 19
  • Vehicle crime 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
IP6 0 residents
6,764

Age bands in IP6 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,095 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

696 residents

Age 25 to 44
26%

1,738 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.1%

1,741 residents

Age 65 and over
21.1%

1,410 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • NEEDHAM MARKET COUNTRY PRACTICE

    BARKING ROAD, NEEDHAM MARKET, IPSWICH, IP6 8EZ

    ODS code D83017

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Lime Way

    BCT · Great Blakenham

    0.1 miles

  • Lime Way

    BCT · Great Blakenham

    0.1 miles

  • Chequers

    BCT · Great Blakenham

    0.2 miles

  • Chequers

    BCT · Great Blakenham

    0.2 miles

  • Railway Crossing W-bound

    BCT · Claydon

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 011B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,408 of 33,755

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

14 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 3 secondary schools. Claydon Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

208 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 92 events.

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