IP14
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Stowmarket, in Mid Suffolk.
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 IP14 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 7% of people in IP14 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How IP14 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is IP14 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IP14 at a rate of 48.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.5 per 1,000 people across the IP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 221 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IP14.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,053), other crime (411) and criminal damage and arson (172).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IP14 was 45.4 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 IP14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IP14 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in IP14
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Suffolk 002A | 1,413 | 22.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 27.0% |
| Mid Suffolk 005A | 1,218 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 81.0% |
| Mid Suffolk 005B | 1,150 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 36.3% |
| Mid Suffolk 005C | 2,424 | 19.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 27.5% |
| Mid Suffolk 005D | 2,585 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.5% |
| Mid Suffolk 006B | 2,199 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 78.4% |
| Mid Suffolk 007A | 2,442 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 30.5% |
| Mid Suffolk 007C | 2,282 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 70.2% |
| Mid Suffolk 007D | 1,315 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 57.1% |
| Mid Suffolk 008A | 1,544 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 65.9% |
| Mid Suffolk 008B | 1,489 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.9% |
| Mid Suffolk 008C | 1,489 | 111.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.3% |
| Mid Suffolk 008D | 1,638 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 71.0% |
| Mid Suffolk 009A | 2,552 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.9% |
| Mid Suffolk 009B | 1,455 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.4% |
| Mid Suffolk 009C | 1,637 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 54.6% |
| Mid Suffolk 009D | 2,094 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.7% |
| Mid Suffolk 010B | 1,441 | 213.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.3% |
| Mid Suffolk 010D | 1,623 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 77.4% |
| Mid Suffolk 010E | 1,600 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 52.0% |
| Mid Suffolk 010F | 2,034 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Mid Suffolk 010G | 1,805 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 78.7% |
| Mid Suffolk 010H | 2,752 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
MPs for IP14
- Dr Peter PrinsleyLabourMP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket45% of IP14’s postcodes
- Adrian RamsayGreen PartyMP for Waveney Valley32% of IP14’s postcodes
- Patrick SpencerConservativeMP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich23% of IP14’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in IP145
Postcode sectors in IP147
Council1
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Postcode districts next to IP147
Nearest rail stations1
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IP14 in brief
IP14 is a postcode district covering Stowmarket, in Mid Suffolk.
About 44,583 people lived in IP14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 897 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IP14 was £295,000 in 2025.
IP14 had 41,632 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in IP14 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IP14, 70.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.