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IP6 8FQ

Needham Market · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Needham Market
Local authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Postcode district
IP6
Postcode sector
IP6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP6 8PL 460 m
IP14 5DU 536 m
IP14 5EF 602 m
IP14 5EB 626 m
IP14 5EE 627 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP6 8FQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2018
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP6
Postcode sector
IP6 8
Latitude
52.181973
Longitude
1.079645
British National Grid easting
610,637
British National Grid northing
258,216

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Mid Suffolk · E07000203
Electoral ward
Needham Market · E05012604
Parish or community
E04009189
Westminster constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich · E14001156
Output area
E00153336
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 007C · E01030083
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 007 · E02006267

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Creeting St Mary Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

  2. Stonham Aspal Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.1 km

  3. Freeman Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1
1 female, 0 male
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
IP6 8 residents
6,549

Age bands in IP6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.6%
828 residents
Age 15 to 24
8.4%
548 residents
Age 25 to 44
22.6%
1,481 residents
Age 45 to 64
29.1%
1,905 residents
Age 65 and over
27.4%
1,795 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP6 8 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • NEEDHAM MARKET COUNTRY PRACTICE

    BARKING ROAD, NEEDHAM MARKET, IPSWICH, IP6 8EZ

    ODS code D83017

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Church

    BCT · Earl Stonham

    564 m

  • Church

    BCT · Earl Stonham

    576 m

  • Post Box

    BCT · Creeting Bottoms

    946 m

  • Post Box

    BCT · Creeting Bottoms

    948 m

  • Le Mons Farm

    BCT · Creeting Bottoms

    1.0 km

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 007C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,415 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
0
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

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Creeting St Mary Church of England 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

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 event per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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