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IP7 7AL

Box Vale · Babergh · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ipswich
Ward
Box Vale
Local authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk
Postcode district
IP7
Postcode sector
IP7 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP7 7FL 151 m
IP7 7AJ 212 m
IP7 7AH 499 m
IP7 7AQ 513 m
CO10 9NZ 627 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP7 7AL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP7
Postcode sector
IP7 7
Latitude
52.077975
Longitude
0.847740
British National Grid easting
595,240
British National Grid northing
246,004

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Babergh · E07000200
Electoral ward
Box Vale · E05012566
Parish or community
E04009111
Westminster constituency
South Suffolk · E14001494
Output area
E00152237
Lower layer super output area
Babergh 009A · E01029875
Middle layer super output area
Babergh 009 · E02006235

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Powney Cottage, Powney Street, Milden, Ipswich, IP7 7AL 30 October 2013 £345,000
Pilgrims, Powney Street, Milden, Ipswich, IP7 7AL 27 February 2008 £550,000
5, Powney Street, Milden, Ipswich, IP7 7AL 1 September 2006 £215,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0

  1. Lavenham Community Primary School

    Community school

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 3
  • Public order 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
37

18 female, 19 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.2
IP7 7 residents
5,012

Age bands in IP7 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

704 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.8%

583 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.3%

1,256 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.7%

1,275 residents

Age 65 and over
23%

1,143 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP7 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Milden

    0.1 miles

  • Pound Farm

    BCT · Milden

    0.2 miles

  • Pound Farm

    BCT · Milden

    0.2 miles

  • Milden Road

    BCT · Milden

    0.5 miles

  • Milden Road

    BCT · Milden

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Babergh 009A, 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

19,008 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Lavenham Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 3.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 3 events.

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