IP33
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bury St Edmunds and Westley, 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 IP33 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in IP33 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How IP33 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is IP33 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IP33 at a rate of 95.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.5 per 1,000 people across the IP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 175 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IP33.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,049), other crime (495) and shoplifting (291).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IP33 was 100.0 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 IP33, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IP33 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in IP33
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Suffolk 011A | 1,835 | 325.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.2% |
| West Suffolk 011B | 1,615 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.2% |
| West Suffolk 011D | 1,150 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| West Suffolk 011E | 1,078 | 173.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| West Suffolk 011F | 1,096 | 105.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.4% |
| West Suffolk 013A | 1,624 | 134.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.6% |
| West Suffolk 013B | 1,411 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| West Suffolk 013C | 1,267 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.1% |
| West Suffolk 013D | 1,467 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| West Suffolk 013E | 1,415 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| West Suffolk 013F | 1,138 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.3% |
| West Suffolk 014A | 1,485 | 93.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.6% |
| West Suffolk 014B | 1,653 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| West Suffolk 014C | 1,596 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| West Suffolk 014D | 1,383 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| West Suffolk 014E | 1,179 | 13.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| West Suffolk 014F | 1,451 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
MPs for IP33
- Dr Peter PrinsleyLabourMP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket98% of IP33’s postcodes
- Nick TimothyConservativeMP for West Suffolk1.6% of IP33’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 IP333
Postcode sectors in IP334
Council1
Towns in IP331
Postcode districts next to IP334
Nearest rail stations1
More in the IP postcode area2
IP33 in brief
IP33 is a postcode district covering Bury St Edmunds and Westley, in West Suffolk.
About 24,948 people lived in IP33 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £290,000 in 2025 across 473 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 95.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IP33 was £290,000 in 2025.
IP33 had 24,229 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in IP33 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IP33, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.