IP5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kesgrave and Martlesham Heath, in East 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 IP5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 95% of people in IP5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How IP5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is IP5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IP5 at a rate of 42.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.5 per 1,000 people across the IP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 53 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IP5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (360), other crime (231) and shoplifting (74).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IP5 was 43.6 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 IP5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IP5 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in IP5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Suffolk 024A | 2,742 | 15.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| East Suffolk 024B | 1,380 | 14.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 024C | 1,898 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| East Suffolk 024D | 1,699 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.8% |
| East Suffolk 024E | 1,606 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.6% |
| East Suffolk 025A | 1,948 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 025C | 1,504 | 263.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| East Suffolk 025D | 1,359 | 11.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| East Suffolk 025F | 1,588 | 27.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 025G | 1,540 | 16.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 025H | 1,459 | 12.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.5% |
MPs for IP5
- Patrick SpencerConservativeMP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich76% of IP5’s postcodes
- Jenny Riddell-CarpenterLabourMP for Suffolk Coastal24% of IP5’s postcodes
- Jack AbbottLabour (Co-op)MP for Ipswich0.4% of IP5’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 IP52
Postcode sectors in IP54
Council1
Towns in IP51
Postcode districts next to IP55
Nearest rail stations3
More in the IP postcode area2
IP5 in brief
IP5 is a postcode district covering Kesgrave and Martlesham Heath, in East Suffolk.
About 19,570 people lived in IP5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £338,625 in 2025 across 302 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 42.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IP5 was £338,625 in 2025.
IP5 had 19,474 usual residents at the census.
About 95% of people in IP5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IP5, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.