IP6 8SX

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 8TN 45 m
IP6 8SY 88 m
IP6 8TP 123 m
IP6 8NJ 140 m
IP6 8PT 241 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP6 8SX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP6
Postcode sector
IP6 8
Latitude
52.159258
Longitude
1.060865
British National Grid easting
609,460
British National Grid northing
255,636

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Mid Suffolk · E07000203
Parish or community
E04009189
Output area
E00153335
Lower layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 007C · E01030083
Middle layer super output area
Mid Suffolk 007 · E02006267

Postcode source versions

Explore IP6

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Breheny Place, Creeting St Mary, Ipswich, IP6 8SX 21 November 2022 £1,750,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
6
Primary
6
Secondary
0
  1. Creeting St Mary Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  2. Bosmere Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 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
290
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 120
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Shoplifting 27
  • Anti social behaviour 27
  • Other theft 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
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

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

  • NEEDHAM MARKET COUNTRY PRACTICE

    BARKING ROAD, NEEDHAM MARKET, IPSWICH, IP6 8EZ

    ODS code D83017

    1.5 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

  • Jacks Green

    BCT · Needham Market

    0.1 miles
  • Jacks Green

    BCT · Needham Market

    0.1 miles
  • St Marys Gardens

    BCT · Creeting St Mary

    0.2 miles
  • St Marys Gardens

    BCT · Creeting St Mary

    0.2 miles
  • Jack Green Road

    BCT · Creeting St Mary

    0.3 miles

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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,750,000 from 1 recorded sale in IP6 8SX. 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Creeting St Mary Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

290 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.167 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.