Ipswich

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 18° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:17

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

597 reported · July 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences240
• Shoplifting87
• Public order55
• Anti-social behaviour49

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 ★ (453 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Ipswich (1.2 km)
• 130 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 (2.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 141.8p · AppleGreen (2.9 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: The Buttermarket Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms6
• Swimming pools12
• Sports pitches34
• 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

• In a conservation area (Central Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 419 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)

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets13
• Parks & greens59
• Restaurants & cafés161

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 41% · Wind 37% · Gas 18% · Biomass 2%

75 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

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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  Great White Horse Hotel · 0.2 km

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