# IP14 1LJ: area report for a postcode in Mid Suffolk

IP14 1LJ is a postcode in Mid Suffolk.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Mid Suffolk. Open the map at IP14 1LJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Mid Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk) › [IP14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip14) › [IP14 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip14-1)

## Around this postcode

- **14 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 27% on July. Mid Suffolk 008B: 90 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ
- **Stowmarket, 1.2 km**: About 15 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ
- **6 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 400 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ
- **No property in IP14 1LJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Mid Suffolk 008B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ
- **£317,979 average price**: For the whole of Mid Suffolk, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 410 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 630 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ
- **96.2% can get gigabit broadband at IP14 1LJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ
- **Low road and rail noise at IP14 1LJ**: Road 52 dB, rail 42 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ
- **9.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Chilton Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chilton-community-primary-school-e147932) | Primary | 400 m (5 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Wood Ley Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wood-ley-community-primary-school-e124680) | Primary | 410 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Stowmarket High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stowmarket-high-school-e145055) | Secondary | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 42.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Pushforward Secondary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pushforward-secondary-school-e152344) | Special | 590 m (7 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [OA - Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oa-suffolk-e142820) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | – |
| [Grace Cook Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/grace-cook-primary-school-e149067) | Primary | 760 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [Abbot's Hall Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/abbots-hall-community-primary-school-e147933) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Cedars Park Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cedars-park-community-primary-school-e143360) | Primary | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £122,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| August 2025 | £215,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| May 2026 | £285,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| November 2025 | £212,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| July 2026 | £300,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| June 2023 | £260,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| April 2025 | £220,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| May 2026 | £96,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: STOWHEALTH (410 m)
- Pharmacies: VIOLET HILL PHARMACY (410 m); ASDA PHARMACY (990 m)
- Dental practices: WEDGWOOD HOUSE DENTAL PRACTICE (810 m); DENTAL SURGERY (920 m); DENISE E TAYLOR DENTIST (930 m); DENTAL SURGERY (950 m)
- Supermarkets: Lidl Cedars Park Stowmarket (630 m, Lidl); Budgens Chilton Leys (790 m, Budgens); Asda Stowmarket Superstore (960 m, Asda)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £317,979** (August 2026). Mid Suffolk’s average house price was £317,979 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 5.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £41,350** (2025). Full-time workers living in Mid Suffolk earned a median of £41,350 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 113th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.7×** (2025). A home in Mid Suffolk costs 7.7 times local full-time pay. Joint 151st least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 14.4** (2025). Mid Suffolk has a deprivation score of 14.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 86th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Mid Suffolk 008B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 32.2** (2025). Mid Suffolk 008B has a deprivation score of 32.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,273rd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £235,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Mid Suffolk 008B was £235,000 in 2025. Joint 9,935th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,489** (2021). Mid Suffolk 008B had 1,489 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 22,645th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.9%** (January 2026). In Mid Suffolk 008B, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## IP14 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £295,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in IP14 was £295,000 in 2025. Joint 1,116th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 41,632** (2021). IP14 had 41,632 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 399th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 7%** (2022). About 7% of people in IP14 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 70.8%** (January 2026). In IP14, 70.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Mid Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk)
- Centre: 52.1942, 0.9844

Council: [Mid Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bury-st-edmunds-and-stowmarket): Dr Peter Prinsley (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.9844,52.1942,IP141LJ

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