IP24
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Thetford, Redcastle Furze and Newtown, in Breckland.
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 IP24 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in IP24 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How IP24 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is IP24 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IP24 at a rate of 90.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.5 per 1,000 people across the IP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 262 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IP24.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,098), other crime (469) and anti-social behaviour (404).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IP24 was 94.3 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 IP24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IP24 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in IP24
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breckland 010E | 2,305 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.7% |
| Breckland 012D | 1,368 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.4% |
| Breckland 015A | 1,847 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 53.9% |
| Breckland 015B | 1,857 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 48.4% |
| Breckland 015C | 2,229 | 164.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 39.1% |
| Breckland 016A | 2,431 | 212.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.2% |
| Breckland 016B | 1,650 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 61.7% |
| Breckland 016C | 2,807 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.0% |
| Breckland 016D | 1,207 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Breckland 016E | 1,198 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 27.7% |
| Breckland 016F | 1,398 | 20.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 54.1% |
| Breckland 017A | 2,066 | 117.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 73.8% |
| Breckland 017B | 1,550 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 73.8% |
| Breckland 017C | 1,521 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 20.6% |
| Breckland 017D | 1,840 | 96.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.3% |
| Breckland 017E | 1,655 | 199.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 76.6% |
| West Suffolk 006A | 1,419 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 30.1% |
MPs for IP24
- Terry JermyLabourMP for South West Norfolk81% of IP24’s postcodes
- George FreemanConservativeMP for Mid Norfolk9.9% of IP24’s postcodes
- Dr Peter PrinsleyLabourMP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket6.7% of IP24’s postcodes
- Nick TimothyConservativeMP for West Suffolk2.9% of IP24’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 IP244
Postcode sectors in IP244
Council1
Towns in IP241
Postcode districts next to IP248
Nearest rail stations1
More in the IP postcode area2
IP24 in brief
IP24 is a postcode district covering Thetford, Redcastle Furze and Newtown, in Breckland.
About 29,191 people lived in IP24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £230,000 in 2025 across 363 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 90.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IP24 was £230,000 in 2025.
IP24 had 28,931 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in IP24 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IP24, 67.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.