IP7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hadleigh, in 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 IP7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 43% of people in IP7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How IP7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is IP7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in IP7 at a rate of 40.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.5 per 1,000 people across the IP postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 72 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in IP7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (346), other crime (139) and criminal damage and arson (68).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in IP7 was 40.5 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 IP7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so IP7 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 IP7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babergh 001A | 2,201 | 27.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 29.1% |
| Babergh 004A | 1,982 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.1% |
| Babergh 004C | 1,121 | 16.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 57.4% |
| Babergh 004D | 1,176 | 16.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 47.5% |
| Babergh 004E | 1,295 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.4% |
| Babergh 004F | 2,256 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 38.7% |
| Babergh 004G | 1,747 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.6% |
| Babergh 004H | 1,433 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.8% |
| Babergh 009C | 2,167 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 69.5% |
| Mid Suffolk 011E | 1,874 | 12.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 7.4% |
MPs for IP7
- James CartlidgeConservativeMP for South Suffolk95% of IP7’s postcodes
- Patrick SpencerConservativeMP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich5.3% of IP7’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 IP71
Postcode sectors in IP74
Council1
Towns in IP71
Postcode districts next to IP76
More in the IP postcode area2
IP7 in brief
IP7 is a postcode district covering Hadleigh, in Babergh.
About 17,546 people lived in IP7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £342,500 in 2025 across 234 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in IP7 was £342,500 in 2025.
IP7 had 16,879 usual residents at the census.
About 43% of people in IP7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In IP7, 60.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.