IP6 8JL

Needham Market · Mid Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ipswich
Local authority
Mid Suffolk
Postcode district
IP6
Postcode sector
IP6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP6 8JQ 72 m
IP6 8TA 72 m
IP6 8JG 107 m
IP6 8HE 113 m
IP6 8JJ 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP6 8JL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP6
Postcode sector
IP6 8
Latitude
52.148047
Longitude
1.049628
British National Grid easting
608,744
British National Grid northing
254,357

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Mid Suffolk · E07000203
Parish or community
E04010558
Output area
E00153215
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 011D · E01030062
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 011 · E02006271

Postcode source versions

Explore IP6

22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, Clover Close, Needham Market, Ipswich, IP6 8JL 30 May 2025 £280,000
3, Clover Close, Needham Market, Ipswich, IP6 8JL 7 May 2025 £232,000
8, Clover Close, Needham Market, Ipswich, IP6 8JL 6 December 2024 £275,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
5
Secondary
0
  1. Bosmere Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    368 m
  2. Creeting St Mary Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.6 km
  3. Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
298
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 120
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Shoplifting 27
  • Criminal damage and arson 27
  • Other theft 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

11 female, 14 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
1.9
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 0.4% 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+
100%
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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • NEEDHAM MARKET COUNTRY PRACTICE

    BARKING ROAD, NEEDHAM MARKET, IPSWICH, IP6 8EZ

    ODS code D83017

    336 m

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

  • Orchid Way

    BCT · Needham Market

    0.0 miles
  • Orchid Way

    BCT · Needham Market

    0.0 miles
  • The Drift

    BCT · Needham Market

    0.1 miles
  • Jackson Way

    BCT · Needham Market

    0.1 miles
  • The Drift

    BCT · Needham Market

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Suffolk 011D, 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

29,165 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £275,000 from 6 recorded sales in IP6 8JL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Mid Suffolk is £320,276 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bosmere Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 368 m.

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

Recorded crime

298 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 120 events.

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