Ipswich

18°CMist

• Today: 24° / 18° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:15

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

553 reported · July 2026▼ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences236
• Shoplifting66
• Public order51
• Anti-social behaviour45

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Alexandra · Suffolk

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

248 reported road collisions (2024)

47 killed or seriously injured · 282 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 474 rated 4–5 ★ (454 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Ipswich (1.2 km)
• 123 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£219,070 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Ipswich · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£993 average monthly rent▲ 4.1% YoY

• 1 bed £743
• 2 bed £913
• 3 bed £1,044

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

6.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.6 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 134.8p · AppleGreen (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 141.8p · AppleGreen (2.6 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

48 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Upper Orwell Street North Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms5
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches43
• Playgrounds25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

139,642 residents in Ipswich · 3,534/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 71 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,468 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (37% of 62,430)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

56 schools · 22,435 pupils

32 primary · 7 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 19 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

49inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ipswich

691 CQC-registered services

• Care homes196
• GP practices91
• Dentists136
• Homecare agencies209
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 11 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Suffolk

• Not in the Green Belt
• 422 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

94 applications decided

96.8% granted · 91 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jack Abbott

Labour (Co-op)

Ipswich

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 29
• Con 5
• LD 3
• Grn 1
• Ref 10

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets9
• Parks & greens45
• Restaurants & cafés159

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,545 jobs advertised · £41,202 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, AI Developer, Assistant Commercial Manager

Source: Adzuna

£691 median full-time weekly pay

4.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,816 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 73,087 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Nuclear 27% · Biomass 12% · Wind 11%

206 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

8 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in IP4

• Two Rivers Medical Centre
• Dr Solway And Dr Roy Practice
• Orchard Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ipswich:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership444 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s321 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test315 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office248 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership245 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  St Pancras Church, Ipswich · 0.1 km

  Saint Pancras is an active Roman Catholic parish church serving the town centre of Ipswich, England. The neo-Gothic church was built as part of the British Catholic revival in the nineteenth century, and was the targe…

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  Regent Theatre, Ipswich · 0.1 km

  Ipswich Regent Theatre is a theatre and concert venue located at St Helen's Street in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The auditorium was refurbished in 2007 and now holds 1,551 people, having reduced the capacity by 150 to…

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  East Suffolk County Hall · 0.1 km

  East Suffolk County Hall is a historic building located in St Helen's Street in Ipswich. The building, which was the headquarters of East Suffolk County Council until 1974 and then of Suffolk County Council until 2004…

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  Martin & Newby · 0.1 km

  Martin & Newby was the oldest shop in Ipswich, Suffolk until it closed down in June 2004. The business was established in Fore Street in 1873 and was based around 5 departments: Ironmongery, Electrical, Domestic, Gard…

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  Ipswich Blackfriars · 0.2 km

  Ipswich Blackfriars was a medieval religious house of Friars-preachers (Dominicans) in the town of Ipswich, Suffolk, England, founded in 1263 by King Henry III and dissolved in 1538. It was the second of the three men…

• Central Area, Ipswich · 0.2 km

  The Central Area, Ipswich is one of five administrative areas in Ipswich, through which Ipswich Borough Council divides its spending and enables feedback from local residents, businesses and community groups.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)