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IP8 3BQ

Sproughton & Pinewood · Babergh · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ipswich
Ward
Sproughton & Pinewood
Local authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk
Postcode district
IP8
Postcode sector
IP8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP8 3BG 91 m
IP8 3AZ 92 m
IP8 3BB 127 m
IP8 3BA 161 m
IP8 3BE 172 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP8 3BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP8
Postcode sector
IP8 3
Latitude
52.061473
Longitude
1.101620
British National Grid easting
612,712
British National Grid northing
244,882

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Babergh · E07000200
Electoral ward
Sproughton & Pinewood · E05012583
Parish or community
E04009124
Westminster constituency
South Suffolk · E14001494
Output area
E00152252
Lower layer super output area
Babergh 005B · E01029878
Middle layer super output area
Babergh 005 · E02006231

Postcode source versions

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Property

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24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Glebe Close, Sproughton, Ipswich, IP8 3BQ 10 October 2025 £249,000
13, Glebe Close, Sproughton, Ipswich, IP8 3BQ 9 February 2024 £310,000
18, Glebe Close, Sproughton, Ipswich, IP8 3BQ 2 September 2021 £328,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
41
Primary
24
Secondary
4

  1. Sproughton Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    163 m

  2. Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.5 km

  3. Westbourne Academy

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
389
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 155
  • Shoplifting 112
  • Other theft 34
  • Criminal damage and arson 19
  • Anti social behaviour 18

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
35

21 female, 14 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
1.8
IP8 3 residents
7,020

Age bands in IP8 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

1,034 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

670 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

1,725 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.1%

2,045 residents

Age 65 and over
19.3%

1,311 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP8 3 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+
4.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
4.8%
Gigabit-capable
4.8%
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

8

within 5 km

  • HAWTHORN DRIVE SURGERY

    206 HAWTHORN DRIVE, IPSWICH, IP2 0QQ

    ODS code D83056

    2.2 km

  • CARDINAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 DEBEN ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 5EN

    ODS code D83050

    2.3 km

  • BURLINGTON PRIMARY CARE

    12-14 BURLINGTON ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 2EU

    ODS code D83008

    2.9 km

  • BARRACK LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 BARRACK LANE, IPSWICH, IP1 3NQ

    ODS code D83059

    3.1 km

  • IVRY STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 IVRY STREET, IPSWICH, IP1 3QW

    ODS code D83024

    3.2 km

  • DR SOLWAY AND DR ROY PRACTICE

    ORCHARD STREET HEALTH CTR, ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ

    ODS code D83073

    4.2 km

  • ORCHARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ

    ODS code D83074

    4.2 km

  • ESSEX UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST

    70-74 ST. HELENS STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2LA

    ODS code Y06499

    4.3 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

  • School

    BCT · Sproughton

    0.1 miles

  • Gipping Way

    BCT · Sproughton

    0.1 miles

  • Chestnut House

    BCT · Sproughton

    0.1 miles

  • Green

    BCT · Sproughton

    0.1 miles

  • Church Lane

    BCT · Sproughton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Babergh 005B, 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

27,843 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 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
4
Low risk addresses
14
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 £310,000 from 3 recorded sales in IP8 3BQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Babergh is £328,612 in June 2026, up 1.9% year on year.

Schools

41 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 4 secondary schools. Sproughton Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 163 m.

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

Recorded crime

389 published events cover 12 months, averaging 32.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 155 events.

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