Ipswich

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 10° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:23

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

• 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

498 reported · August 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences207
• Public order46
• Criminal damage & arson45
• Shoplifting45

Neighbourhood team: Alexandra · Suffolk

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

242 reported road collisions (2025)

55 killed or seriously injured · 280 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 470 rated 4–5 ★ (452 top)
• 6 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

£226,175 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Ipswich · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£995 average monthly rent▲ 4.3% YoY

• 1 bed £744
• 2 bed £915
• 3 bed £1,046

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,507 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

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

6 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,637
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,506
• Net moves−869

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 84 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ipswich

692 CQC-registered services

• Care homes197
• GP practices92
• Dentists135
• Homecare agencies208
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Suffolk

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

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

119 applications decided

92.4% granted · 110 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets10
• Parks & greens58
• Restaurants & cafés160

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,580 jobs advertised · £43,250 avg

e.g. Intervention Tutor, Business Excellence & Improvement Lead, Senior Buyer

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Gas 23% · Nuclear 18% · Biomass 10%

101 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Suffolk): 61.7 women · 62.1 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:

• Automatic extension for Non- Molestation order when it is breached211 local signatures · 10,314 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND174 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks164 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth164 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases135 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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)