# IP21

Postcode district covering Stradbroke, in Mid Suffolk and South Norfolk.

IP21 is a postcode district covering Stradbroke, in Mid Suffolk and South Norfolk. Median sale price £375,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 31.6 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code IP21. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [IP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an IP21 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £375,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in IP21 was £375,000 in 2025. Joint 674th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip21#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 11,417** (2021). IP21 had 11,417 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 806th least 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip21#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 16%** (2022). About 16% of people in IP21 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip21#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 53.7%** (January 2026). In IP21, 53.7% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip21#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=IP21) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 16% of people in IP21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=IP21) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 144 homes were sold in IP21 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=IP21) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for IP21.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=IP21) (Census 2021, England and Wales): IP21 had 11,417 usual residents at the census.

## How IP21 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | IP21 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £375,000 | 5th most expensive | 33 postcode districts, IP · 2025 |
| Population | 11,417 | 11th least populated | 33 postcode districts, IP · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 16% | joint 15th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 33 postcode districts, IP · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 53.7% | 4th lowest | 33 postcode districts, IP · Jan 2026 |

## Is IP21 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IP21 at a rate of 31.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.5 per 1,000 people across the IP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 37 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IP21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (196), other crime (51) and criminal damage and arson (44).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IP21 was 29.1 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in IP21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IP21 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in IP21

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Mid Suffolk 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030058) | 2,036 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 38.5% |
| [Mid Suffolk 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030053) | 2,281 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 25.4% |
| [Mid Suffolk 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01034570) | 1,753 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 32.2% |
| [South Norfolk 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026872) | 2,293 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.0% |
| [South Norfolk 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026887) | 1,600 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 69.7% |
| [South Norfolk 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026934) | 1,037 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 72.4% |
| [South Norfolk 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-norfolk/neighbourhood/e01026935) | 1,349 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 50.9% |

## Your MP

- [Waveney Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/waveney-valley): Adrian Ramsay (Green Party), 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.

## Middle areas in IP21

[Scole, Dickleburgh & Bressingham](https://openindex.co.uk/south-norfolk/scole-dickleburgh-and-bressingham)

## Postcode sectors in IP21

[IP21 4 (276 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip21-4), [IP21 5 (254 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip21-5)

## Councils IP21 covers

[Mid Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk), [South Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/south-norfolk)

## Postcode districts next to IP21

[IP13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip13), [IP19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip19), [IP20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip20), [IP22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip22), [IP23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip23), [NR15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr15)

## More in the IP postcode area

[All IP postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## IP21 in brief

IP21 is a postcode district covering Stradbroke, in Mid Suffolk and South Norfolk.
About 11,774 people lived in IP21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £375,000 in 2025 across 144 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 31.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IP21 was £375,000 in 2025.
IP21 had 11,417 usual residents at the census.
About 16% of people in IP21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IP21, 53.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: IP21
- Postcode area: [IP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip)
- Constituency: [Waveney Valley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/waveney-valley)
- Council: [Mid Suffolk †](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk)
- Area: 171 km²
- People, mid-2024: 11,774*
- Neighbourhoods: 7
- Output areas: 40

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[IP23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip23), [IP20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip20), [IP22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip22), [NR15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr15), [IP13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip13), [IP19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip19)

## Latest updates for IP21

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/IP21

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip21, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip21#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip21
