# IP33

Postcode district covering Bury St Edmunds and Westley, in West Suffolk.

IP33 is a postcode district covering Bury St Edmunds and Westley, in West Suffolk. Median sale price £290,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 95.3 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code IP33. 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 IP33 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £290,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in IP33 was £290,000 in 2025. Joint 1,065th cheapest 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/ip33#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 24,229** (2021). IP33 had 24,229 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 1,216th 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip33#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in IP33 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/ip33#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.7%** (January 2026). In IP33, 95.7% 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/ip33#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=IP33) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in IP33 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=IP33) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 473 homes were sold in IP33 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=IP33) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for IP33.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=IP33) (Census 2021, England and Wales): IP33 had 24,229 usual residents at the census.

## How IP33 compares

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

| Measure | IP33 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £290,000 | joint 12th cheapest | 33 postcode districts, IP · 2025 |
| Population | 24,229 | 10th most populated | 33 postcode districts, IP · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 33 postcode districts, IP · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.7% | 7th highest | 33 postcode districts, IP · Jan 2026 |

## Is IP33 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IP33 at a rate of 95.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.5 per 1,000 people across the IP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 175 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IP33.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,049), other crime (495) and shoplifting (291).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IP33 was 100.0 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 IP33, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IP33 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in IP33

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [West Suffolk 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030091) | 1,835 | 325.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.2% |
| [West Suffolk 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030093) | 1,615 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.2% |
| [West Suffolk 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033043) | 1,150 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [West Suffolk 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033046) | 1,078 | 173.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| [West Suffolk 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033047) | 1,096 | 105.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.4% |
| [West Suffolk 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030142) | 1,624 | 134.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.6% |
| [West Suffolk 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030143) | 1,411 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| [West Suffolk 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030144) | 1,267 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.1% |
| [West Suffolk 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030147) | 1,467 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| [West Suffolk 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033048) | 1,415 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| [West Suffolk 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033049) | 1,138 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.3% |
| [West Suffolk 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030092) | 1,485 | 93.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.6% |
| [West Suffolk 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030123) | 1,653 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [West Suffolk 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030124) | 1,596 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [West Suffolk 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030125) | 1,383 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [West Suffolk 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030148) | 1,179 | 13.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [West Suffolk 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030149) | 1,451 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |

## 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. 98% of the people here.
- [West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/west-suffolk): Nick Timothy (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 1.6% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in IP33

[Bury St Edmunds Central](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/bury-st-edmunds-central), [Bury St Edmunds West](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/bury-st-edmunds-west), [Eastgate & Southgate](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/eastgate-and-southgate)

## Postcode sectors in IP33

[IP33 1 (178 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip33-1), [IP33 2 (237 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip33-2), [IP33 3 (299 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip33-3), [IP33 9 (98 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip33-9)

## Council

[West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk)

## Towns in IP33

[Bury St Edmunds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bury-st-edmunds)

## Postcode districts next to IP33

[IP28](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip28), [IP29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip29), [IP30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip30), [IP32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip32)

## Nearest rail stations

[Bury St Edmunds (1.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.7133,52.2538)

## 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)

## IP33 in brief

IP33 is a postcode district covering Bury St Edmunds and Westley, in West Suffolk.
About 24,948 people lived in IP33 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £290,000 in 2025 across 473 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 95.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IP33 was £290,000 in 2025.
IP33 had 24,229 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in IP33 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IP33, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: IP33
- Postcode area: [IP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip)
- Constituency: [Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bury-st-edmunds-and-stowmarket)
- Council: [West Suffolk †](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk)
- Area: 14.57 km²
- People, mid-2024: 24,948*
- Neighbourhoods: 17
- Output areas: 87

* 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

[IP32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip32), [IP29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip29), [IP30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip30), [IP28](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip28)

## Latest updates for IP33

- 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/IP33

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip33, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip33#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/ip33