IP28
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Mildenhall, Red Lodge and Beck Row, in West 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 IP28 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 32% of people in IP28 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How IP28 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is IP28 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IP28 at a rate of 50.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.5 per 1,000 people across the IP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 168 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IP28.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (734), other crime (305) and criminal damage and arson (171).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IP28 was 54.7 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 IP28, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IP28 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in IP28
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Suffolk 003A | 2,334 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 71.2% |
| West Suffolk 003B | 2,196 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.1% |
| West Suffolk 003C | 1,224 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.0% |
| West Suffolk 003D | 1,891 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 53.8% |
| West Suffolk 003E | 1,248 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 47.3% |
| West Suffolk 003F | 1,333 | 66.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 62.9% |
| West Suffolk 004A | 1,522 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 22.9% |
| West Suffolk 004B | 1,601 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.4% |
| West Suffolk 004C | 1,323 | 67.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 43.3% |
| West Suffolk 004D | 2,144 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 59.4% |
| West Suffolk 004E | 2,253 | 119.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 57.9% |
| West Suffolk 007A | 1,843 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.7% |
| West Suffolk 007C | 1,663 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.9% |
| West Suffolk 007D | 1,788 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.8% |
| West Suffolk 007E | 1,970 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.1% |
| West Suffolk 007F | 1,125 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| West Suffolk 010D | 1,233 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.2% |
| West Suffolk 010E | 1,492 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.1% |
| West Suffolk 016C | 1,639 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.7% |
MPs for IP28
- Nick TimothyConservativeMP for West Suffolk95% of IP28’s postcodes
- Dr Peter PrinsleyLabourMP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket5.3% of IP28’s postcodes
- Charlotte CaneLiberal DemocratMP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire0.1% of IP28’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 IP284
Postcode sectors in IP287
Council1
Towns in IP281
Postcode districts next to IP288
More in the IP postcode area2
IP28 in brief
IP28 is a postcode district covering Mildenhall, Red Lodge and Beck Row, in West Suffolk.
About 31,849 people lived in IP28 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 454 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IP28 was £280,000 in 2025.
IP28 had 29,894 usual residents at the census.
About 32% of people in IP28 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IP28, 72.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.