IP30
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Elmswell and Woolpit, in Mid Suffolk, West Suffolk and Babergh.
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 IP30 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 4% of people in IP30 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How IP30 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is IP30 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IP30 at a rate of 34.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.5 per 1,000 people across the IP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 48 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IP30.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (279), other crime (107) and criminal damage and arson (64).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IP30 was 38.5 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 IP30, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IP30 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in IP30
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babergh 001C | 2,309 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 51.4% |
| Mid Suffolk 004C | 2,393 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.0% |
| Mid Suffolk 006A | 1,797 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.9% |
| Mid Suffolk 006C | 2,149 | 19.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 43.0% |
| Mid Suffolk 006D | 1,199 | 14.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 12.6% |
| Mid Suffolk 006E | 2,091 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 71.5% |
| West Suffolk 016B | 2,450 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 81.8% |
MPs for IP30
- Dr Peter PrinsleyLabourMP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket81% of IP30’s postcodes
- James CartlidgeConservativeMP for South Suffolk12% of IP30’s postcodes
- Nick TimothyConservativeMP for West Suffolk6.4% of IP30’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 IP301
Postcode sectors in IP302
Councils IP30 covers3
Postcode districts next to IP307
Nearest rail stations1
More in the IP postcode area2
IP30 in brief
IP30 is a postcode district covering Elmswell and Woolpit, in Mid Suffolk, West Suffolk and Babergh.
About 16,356 people lived in IP30 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £370,000 in 2025 across 266 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 34.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IP30 was £370,000 in 2025.
IP30 had 14,523 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in IP30 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IP30, 69.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.