IP30 9HW Area Guide - Crime, Schools & Is It a Good Place to Live?

IP30 9HW is a postcode in Thurston, Mid Suffolk, East of England, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near IP30 9HW, then scores the surrounding small area 52/100 - bottom 45% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around IP30 9HW are health and local prosperity, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for IP30 9HW is based on Mid Suffolk 006 Census 2021. It covers 9,442 residents, 139 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 51, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 72% owner-occupied, 8% privately rented, 17% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 5/10.

For property prices near IP30 9HW, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the IP30 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £313k from 105 rolling sales, down 0.8% month-on-month. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near IP30 9HW by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near IP30 9HW; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.