Council areaEast of England, England

House prices in East Suffolk

Homes in East Suffolk sold for a median of £287,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 7,161 standard sales.

That makes it the ninth cheapest of the 45 council areas in the East of England with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £349,000.

Median sale price£287,0007,161 standard sales
Middle half of prices£215,000 to £399,000
Change since 2016+35%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Postcode districts in East Suffolk

The dearest district was IP15 (Aldeburgh), at £546,000, and the cheapest was NR32 (Lowestoft), at £220,000. The dearest median is 2.5 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were IP18 (Southwold) and IP13 (Woodbridge), and the next cheapest NR33 (Lowestoft) and IP16 (Leiston).

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Each dot is a postcode district in East Suffolk, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in East Suffolk, by number of sales: Lowestoft (NR32, NR33), Woodbridge (IP12, IP13), Felixstowe (IP11), Beccles (NR34), Ipswich (IP5, IP10), Halesworth (IP19), Saxmundham (IP17), Leiston (IP16), and 2 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. IP15Aldeburgh, 102 salesMedian price £546,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 Too few
  2. IP18Southwold, 160 salesMedian price £433,500Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 Too few
  3. IP13Woodbridge, 572 salesMedian price £368,000Price per square metre £3,550Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
  4. IP12Woodbridge, 788 salesMedian price £350,000Price per square metre £3,805Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −1%
  5. IP5Ipswich, 567 salesMedian price £338,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +8%
  6. IP17Saxmundham, 337 salesMedian price £335,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +8%
  7. IP19Halesworth, 346 salesMedian price £293,500Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −9%
  8. IP11Felixstowe, 981 salesMedian price £285,000Price per square metre £3,333Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
  9. NR34Beccles, 650 salesMedian price £285,000Price per square metre £2,831Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
  10. IP16Leiston, 174 salesMedian price £237,500Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 Too few
  11. NR33Lowestoft, 1,107 salesMedian price £227,000Price per square metre £3,044Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −1%
  12. NR32Lowestoft, 1,014 salesMedian price £220,000Price per square metre £2,532Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: IP10 £465k (75 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in IP17 (Saxmundham) and IP5 (Ipswich), up 8%, and fell most in IP19 (Halesworth), down 9%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Church Road, Kessingland (NR33)29 sales
  • Cowpasture Drive, Felixstowe (IP11)28 sales
  • London Road South, Lowestoft (NR33)25 sales
  • Ipswich Road, Woodbridge (IP12)24 sales
  • Saunders Road, Felixstowe (IP11)21 sales
  • High Road West, Felixstowe (IP11)19 sales
  • Observers Road, Wickham Market (IP13)19 sales
  • Gorleston Road, Lowestoft (NR32)19 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Samuel Collins Way, Grundisburgh (IP13, detached houses, £752,500), Saxmundham Road, Aldeburgh (IP15, £530,000) and Mill Field Drive, Grundisburgh (IP13, £527,500).

The cheapest were The Street, Corton (NR32, £110,000), Bevan Street West, Lowestoft (NR32, terraced houses, £110,000) and Raglan Street, Lowestoft (NR32, terraced houses, £111,000).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in East Suffolk, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached2,936£395,000£315,000 to £525,000£3,402/m²from 124 sales
Semi-detached1,984£265,000£223,000 to £325,000£3,293/m²from 88 sales
Terraced1,791£210,000£165,000 to £270,000£2,857/m²from 73 sales
Flats and maisonettes450£160,000£128,000 to £210,000Too few

Detached houses were the most common type sold in East Suffolk, at 41% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 28%.

Terraced houses stand out against the East of England as a whole: a median of £210,000 here, 32% less than the £310,000 across the region.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £3,204 per m², 18% below the £3,900 across the East of England as a whole.

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £215,000
  2. 2017: £233,000
  3. 2018: £237,000
  4. 2019: £238,500
  5. 2020: £260,000
  6. 2021: £275,000
  7. 2022: £295,000
  8. 2023: £292,500
  9. 2024: £285,000
  10. 2025: £290,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £280,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 35%, from £215,000 in 2016 to £290,000 in 2025, close to the 36% rise across the East of England as a whole.

Living in East Suffolk

Crime

52 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Lower than 86 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

86% of homes can get it

Lower than 67 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.

Radon

25% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Lower than 63 in 100 council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,335 a year in East Suffolk for 2026 to 2027

Lower than 72 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council areas in the East of England

Median sale price of the 45 council areas in the East of England with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. East Suffolk and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Huntingdonshire£321,000
  2. Mid Suffolk£315,500
  3. Luton£315,000
  4. Broadland£308,000
  5. North Norfolk£300,000
  6. South Norfolk£300,000
  7. West Suffolk£290,000
  8. East Suffolk, this council area£287,000
  9. Tendring£285,000
  10. King's Lynn and West Norfolk£270,000
  11. Breckland£267,500
  12. Peterborough£245,000
  13. Ipswich£240,000
  14. Fenland£235,000
  15. Norwich£235,000

About these figures

East Suffolk's figures come from 7,161 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode (how we build council pages). New builds made up 6% of them.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.