IP4 postcode area guide — East Suffolk
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the IP4 postcode district in East Suffolk — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in IP4
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.1%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
92.9%
Gigabit-capable
91.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the IP4 postcode district (East Suffolk) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 935 postcodes Ofcom measures in IP4, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.1% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 91.3%.
Around 0% of premises in IP4 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in IP4
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| IP4 1AD | 100% | 83.3% |
| IP4 1AE | 83.3% | 50% |
| IP4 1AG | 100% | 40% |
| IP4 1AL | 100% | 94.6% |
| IP4 1AP | 100% | 25% |
| IP4 1AQ | 100% | 80% |
| IP4 1AR | 100% | 0% |
| IP4 1AS | 85.7% | 57.1% |
| IP4 1AU | 100% | 90.9% |
| IP4 1AX | 50% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around East Suffolk
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider East Suffolk district (130,429 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
78.5%
4G outdoors — all networks
97.8%
5G outdoors — all networks
30.6%
Voice indoors — all networks
82.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in IP4
Police recorded 292 incidents within about a mile of the centre of IP4 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 124 | 42.5% |
| Shoplifting | 43 | 14.7% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 27 | 9.2% |
| Other theft | 23 | 7.9% |
| Public order | 21 | 7.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 17 | 5.8% |
| Burglary | 10 | 3.4% |
| Other crime | 8 | 2.7% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in IP4
Based on 474 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in IP4 is £250,000, up 2.0% on the previous year (£245,000).
Detached
£435,000
88 sales
Semi-detached
£282,000
143 sales
Terraced
£208,000
137 sales
Flat / maisonette
£136,250
85 sales
Latest recorded sales in IP4
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2026 | £55,000 | Flat | Christchurch Street | IP4 2DF |
| 26 May 2026 | £165,000 | Terraced | Cemetery Road | IP4 2JA |
| 18 May 2026 | £375,000 | Detached | Foxwood Crescent | IP4 5NY |
| 15 May 2026 | £146,000 | Flat | Bramley Hill | IP4 2AE |
| 15 May 2026 | £240,000 | Semi-detached | Upland Road | IP4 5BT |
| 12 May 2026 | £200,000 | Terraced | Spring Road | IP4 5NG |
| 7 May 2026 | £175,000 | Terraced | Schreiber Road | IP4 4NG |
| 6 May 2026 | £635,000 | Detached | Valleyview Drive | IP4 5UW |
| 5 May 2026 | £195,000 | Terraced | Leopold Road | IP4 4RR |
| 1 May 2026 | £208,000 | Semi-detached | Grange Road | IP4 1NP |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? East Suffolk demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider East Suffolk district (246,058 residents, 110,749 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% |
| 15–29 | 18.2% |
| 30–44 | 16.1% |
| 45–64 | 21.9% |
| 65+ | 27.8% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 68.9% |
| Private rented | 17.7% |
| Social rented | 8.5% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around IP4
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copleston High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,930 | IP4 5HD |
| Northgate High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,750 | IP4 3DL |
| St Alban's Catholic High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 967 | IP4 3NJ |
| Sidegate Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 649 | IP4 4JD |
| Britannia Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 4–11 | 637 | IP4 5HE |
| Broke Hall Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 591 | IP4 5XD |
| Rushmere Hall Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 506 | IP4 3EJ |
| St Helen's Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 439 | IP4 2LT |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in IP4
254 rated food businesses operate in IP4. 234 hold the top rating of 5, 9 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 127 Ipswich, Al Amin, American Candy Corner, American candy corner, Angel Food & Wine Store.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in IP4
From a sample of 154 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 IP4 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 58% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
6%
Band C
52%
Band D
32%
Band E
7%
Band F
3%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for East Suffolk
Landlines around IP4 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.