IP3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ipswich, Rose Hill and Broke Hall, in Ipswich.
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 IP3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in IP3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How IP3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is IP3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IP3 at a rate of 81.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.5 per 1,000 people across the IP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 232 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IP3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,064), shoplifting (541) and other crime (460).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IP3 was 75.8 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 IP3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IP3 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- 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 IP3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Suffolk 026A | 1,562 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Ipswich 008D | 2,930 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Ipswich 009D | 1,647 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Ipswich 009E | 1,325 | 13.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Ipswich 011B | 1,544 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Ipswich 011C | 1,589 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Ipswich 011D | 1,328 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Ipswich 011E | 1,758 | 163.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.0% |
| Ipswich 011F | 1,899 | 113.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.9% |
| Ipswich 014B | 1,647 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Ipswich 014C | 1,684 | 100.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Ipswich 014D | 1,680 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Ipswich 014E | 1,685 | 143.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.5% |
| Ipswich 014F | 1,172 | 87.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.3% |
| Ipswich 014G | 1,785 | 96.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Ipswich 016A | 1,279 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Ipswich 016B | 1,632 | 117.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Ipswich 016C | 1,649 | 118.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.0% |
| Ipswich 016D | 1,214 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Ipswich 016E | 1,481 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Ipswich 016F | 1,592 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
MPs for IP3
- Jack AbbottLabour (Co-op)MP for Ipswich92% of IP3’s postcodes
- Jenny Riddell-CarpenterLabourMP for Suffolk Coastal6.3% of IP3’s postcodes
- Patrick SpencerConservativeMP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich2.1% of IP3’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 IP33
Postcode sectors in IP33
Council1
Towns in IP31
Postcode districts next to IP33
Nearest rail stations3
More in the IP postcode area2
IP3 in brief
IP3 is a postcode district covering Ipswich, Rose Hill and Broke Hall, in Ipswich.
About 36,156 people lived in IP3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 450 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 81.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IP3 was £245,000 in 2025.
IP3 had 35,850 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in IP3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IP3, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.