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IP8 3SG

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 3SJ 64 m
IP8 3SD 142 m
IP8 3SF 144 m
IP8 3ND 151 m
IP8 3NB 153 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP8 3SG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP8
Postcode sector
IP8 3
Latitude
52.037956
Longitude
1.104250
British National Grid easting
613,004
British National Grid northing
242,275

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
E04009139
Westminster constituency
South Suffolk · E14001494
Output area
E00152428
Lower layer super output area
Babergh 005E · E01029909
Middle layer super output area
Babergh 005 · E02006231

Postcode source versions

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Property

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80 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
52, Wilding Road, Ipswich, IP8 3SG 12 June 2026 £210,000
8, Wilding Road, Ipswich, IP8 3SG 26 March 2025 £325,000
52, Wilding Road, Ipswich, IP8 3SG 16 August 2024 £210,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
22
Secondary
3

  1. Belstead House Adult Education Centre

    Miscellaneous

    182 m

  2. The Bridge School

    Academy special sponsor led

    212 m

  3. One Sixth Form College

    Academy 16-19 converter

    641 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
877
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 419
  • Anti social behaviour 88
  • Shoplifting 85
  • Other theft 66
  • Public order 61

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
106

52 female, 54 male

Postcode households
46
Residents per household
2.3
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 1.5% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

    1.5 km

  • BURLINGTON PRIMARY CARE

    12-14 BURLINGTON ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 2EU

    ODS code D83008

    3.6 km

  • BARRACK LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 BARRACK LANE, IPSWICH, IP1 3NQ

    ODS code D83059

    3.8 km

  • CARDINAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 DEBEN ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 5EN

    ODS code D83050

    4.2 km

  • IVRY STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 IVRY STREET, IPSWICH, IP1 3QW

    ODS code D83024

    4.2 km

  • DR SOLWAY AND DR ROY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code D83073

    4.5 km

  • ORCHARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ

    ODS code D83074

    4.5 km

  • ESSEX UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST

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

    ODS code Y06499

    4.6 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

  • Greenspire Grove

    BCT · Pinebrook

    0.1 miles

  • Greenspire Grove

    BCT · Pinebrook

    0.2 miles

  • Ward Road

    BCT · Pinebrook

    0.2 miles

  • Ward Road

    BCT · Pinebrook

    0.2 miles

  • Sycamore Close

    BCT · Brookwood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Babergh 005E, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,866 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £267,500 from 4 recorded sales in IP8 3SG. 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

38 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Belstead House Adult Education Centre is the nearest published school at 182 m.

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

Recorded crime

877 published events cover 12 months, averaging 73.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 419 events.

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