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8 recorded sales · median £316,250 · Ipswich
Ipswich Council · Labour-controlled 29/48 seats · 60% · OCD 2026
69/100
Good
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£316k
median price
8.6
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£316k
median sold price
6.6 yrs
of local pay to buy
66 min
London — fastest
2
rail stations
0
grammar schools
57
schools total
8.6
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
500
Violence — most
10.9
NO₂ · WHO 10
8.6%
in a flood zone
256
green spaces
7.4
PM2.5 · WHO 5
328
eat & drink
119
shops
91.9%
gigabit
22
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£273,750 in 2005 → £365,000 in 2015
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Ipswich, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-07-21
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)
Crime2026-05
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £316,250. That's about 6.6× local earnings — around the 7.3× five-year average.
Sold price history
2015 · 2 sales
Median sold price · median of all 8 sales£316,250
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay6.6× · five-year average 7.3×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Home ownership55%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,468
Ipswich Borough Council£432
Suffolk County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,732
Police & Crime Commissioner£304
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,646
Band B£1,920
Band C£2,194
Band D (baseline)£2,468
Band E£3,017
Band F£3,565
Band G£4,114
Band H£4,937
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Ipswich how Valley Close compares · from Ipswich
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Greenwich +47.4%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich | £287,500 | +47.4% | 63 |
| Maidenhall | £225,500 | +32% | 92 |
| California | £220,000 | +18.3% | 492 |
| Stoke Park | £268,000 | +16.7% | 74 |
| Broke Hall | £340,000 | +16.5% | 59 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Valley Close — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, Valley Close | Detached | — | — | £335,000 | Jul 2015 |
| 3 VALLEY CLOSE | Detached | — | — | £395,000 | Jan 2015 |
| 3 VALLEY CLOSE | Detached | — | — | £350,000 | Aug 2010 |
| 5 VALLEY CLOSE | Detached | — | — | £390,000 | Sep 2009 |
| 1 VALLEY CLOSE | Detached | — | — | £235,000 | Oct 2008 |
| 5 VALLEY CLOSE | Detached | — | — | £250,000 | Jul 2005 |
| 2 Valley Close | Detached | — | — | £297,500 | Jan 2005 |
| 2A VALLEY CLOSE | Detached | — | — | £110,000 | Apr 1998 |
8 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Ipswich
Crime runs at 8.6 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month8.6
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Ipswich
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Ipswich district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Ipswich
Population139,642
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 4/10 · more deprived than in 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 35% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 4/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 4/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 35% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 5 in 2019 — has worsened since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
4.6/10
Employment
4.7/10
Education & skills
3.5/10
Health & disability
4.2/10
Crime
4.0/10
Housing & services
6.4/10
Living environment
5.0/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Ipswich — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+60%
Unemployment · economically active residents5.8%
Degree-level (Level 4+)26%
Good or very good health81%
Own their home55%
Median age38.4
Born outside the UK18%
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 3 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
3 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 nearest inspected schools
of the 3 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Hall Community Primary School | Primary | — | 0.7 km |
| Dilly's Daycare | Nursery | Good ('21) | 0.7 km |
| Ipswich School | All-through | — | 0.9 km |
| The Lodge Day Nursery | Nursery | Outstanding ('22) | 1.0 km |
| Small World Kindergarten | Nursery | Outstanding ('21) | 1.1 km |
| St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Ipswich | Primary | — | 1.4 km |
| Castle Hill Infant School | Primary | — | 1.4 km |
| Castle Hill Junior School | Primary | Good ('24) | 1.4 km |
| Acorn2Oak Preschool | Nursery | Good ('25) | 1.4 km |
| Wellington Nursery | Nursery | Outstanding ('23) | 1.4 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
13
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.0 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 1.2 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
6 of 6 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivry Street Medical Practice | GP | Good ('17) | 1.0 km |
| Tuddenham Road Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 1.2 km |
| Christchurch Dental | Dentist | — | 1.2 km |
| Parkview Dental Centre | Dentist | — | 1.2 km |
| Berners Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 1.2 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 1.2 km |
| Ipswich Orthodontic Centre | Dentist | — | 1.2 km |
| J Smallridge Co Ltd | Dentist | — | 1.2 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Ipswich
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 66 min from Ipswich Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westerfield Rail Station | 0.7 mi | — | no direct train |
| Ipswich Rail Station | 1.6 mi | London Liverpool Street | 66 min |
| Derby Road (Ipswich) Rail Station | 1.9 mi | — | no direct train |
| Woodbridge Rail Station | 7.0 mi | — | no direct train |
| Needham Market Rail Station | 7.0 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Ipswich Rail Station (66 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging4 points
Per 10,000 residents0.3
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Ipswich
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1002.5%
Flood zone8.6% of postcodes
RadonAffected Area (up to 30–100%)
Historic landfill45 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings465
Conservation areas15
Green belt0%
Green spaces256
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Ipswich
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 328 | 99% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 119 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 22 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 256 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Ipswich
Figures for the wider Ipswich — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate5.8%
In work (employment rate)59.9%
Companies registered here10,354
New incorporations (12m)1,638
Property companies (SPVs)1,217
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district