IP6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Needham Market and Claydon, in Mid Suffolk and 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 IP6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 23% of people in IP6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How IP6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is IP6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IP6 at a rate of 40.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.5 per 1,000 people across the IP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 60 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IP6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (318), other crime (134) and anti-social behaviour (93).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IP6 was 37.9 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 IP6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IP6 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in IP6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Suffolk 021C | 2,148 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 44.1% |
| Mid Suffolk 007B | 2,309 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 38.9% |
| Mid Suffolk 010A | 1,539 | 75.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 63.0% |
| Mid Suffolk 011B | 2,481 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.6% |
| Mid Suffolk 011C | 1,702 | 57.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 77.9% |
| Mid Suffolk 011D | 1,474 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 61.4% |
| Mid Suffolk 012C | 1,724 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.3% |
| Mid Suffolk 012D | 1,669 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 57.1% |
| Mid Suffolk 012E | 1,223 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.1% |
MPs for IP6
- Patrick SpencerConservativeMP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich100% of IP6’s postcodes
- Jack AbbottLabour (Co-op)MP for Ipswich0.1% of IP6’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 IP62
Postcode sectors in IP63
Councils IP6 covers2
Postcode districts next to IP66
Nearest rail stations1
More in the IP postcode area2
IP6 in brief
IP6 is a postcode district covering Needham Market and Claydon, in Mid Suffolk and East Suffolk.
About 19,067 people lived in IP6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £312,250 in 2025 across 390 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IP6 was £312,250 in 2025.
IP6 had 17,949 usual residents at the census.
About 23% of people in IP6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IP6, 67.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.