IP7 5RE

Brett Vale · Babergh · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk
Postcode district
IP7
Postcode sector
IP7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP7 5RJ 619 m
IP7 5RD 665 m
IP7 5FF 749 m
CO6 5AU 804 m
CO6 5AX 821 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP7 5RE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP7
Postcode sector
IP7 5
Latitude
52.013784
Longitude
0.927860
British National Grid easting
601,017
British National Grid northing
239,085

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Babergh · E07000200
Parish or community
E04009120
Westminster constituency
South Suffolk · E14001494
Output area
E00152381
Lower layer super output area
Babergh 009C · E01029902
Middle layer super output area
Babergh 009 · E02006235

Postcode source versions

Explore IP7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Hadleigh Community Primary School

    Community school

    3.6 km
  2. Stoke-by-Nayland Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.7 km
  3. OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus

    Other independent school

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Public order 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

3 female, 7 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
5.0
IP7 5 residents
6,730

Age bands in IP7 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

918 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

598 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.3%

1,186 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

1,883 residents

Age 65 and over
29.4%

1,908 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP7 5 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+
75%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
75%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
75%
Gigabit-capable
75%
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

  • HADLEIGH HEALTH CENTRE

    MARKET PLACE, HADLEIGH, IPSWICH, IP7 5DN

    ODS code D83037

    3.7 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • North Hill

    BCT · Lower Layham

    0.8 miles
  • North Hill

    BCT · Lower Layham

    0.8 miles
  • Shoulder of Mutton

    BCT · Polstead Heath

    0.8 miles
  • Shoulder of Mutton

    BCT · Polstead Heath

    0.8 miles
  • Telephone Box

    BCT · Polstead Heath

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Babergh 009C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,816 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Hadleigh Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 2 events.

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