NR1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Norwich, Richmond Hill and Thorpe Hamlet, in Norwich and Broadland.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an NR1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NR1, 84.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NR1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR1 at a rate of 180.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across NR.
In August 2026 alone, 426 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,849), other crime (899) and shoplifting (873).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR1 was 202.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in NR1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR1 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich 004D | 1,566 | 187.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.0% |
| Norwich 004E | 1,332 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| Norwich 004F | 1,305 | 135.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Norwich 011A | 1,323 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| Norwich 011B | 1,949 | 181.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.9% |
| Norwich 011D | 1,709 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.2% |
| Norwich 013A | 1,880 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.5% |
| Norwich 013B | 1,497 | 90.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.4% |
| Norwich 013C | 1,591 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.9% |
| Norwich 013D | 1,488 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| Norwich 014A | 1,923 | 663.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 25.9% |
| Norwich 014C | 1,561 | 173.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 59.6% |
| Norwich 014D | 1,399 | 418.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.7% |
| Norwich 014E | 1,007 | 338.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.3% |
| Norwich 014F | 1,217 | 111.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Norwich 015B | 1,777 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 67.4% |
| Norwich 015C | 1,920 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| Norwich 017C | 1,142 | 243.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.0% |
MPs for NR1
- Clive LewisLabourMP for Norwich South78% of NR1’s postcodes
- Alice MacdonaldLabour (Co-op)MP for Norwich North22% of NR1’s postcodes
- Ben GoldsboroughLabourMP for South Norfolk0.1% of NR1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in NR14
Postcode sectors in NR14
Councils NR1 covers2
Towns in NR11
Postcode districts next to NR15
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NR postcode area2
NR1 in brief
NR1 is a postcode district covering Norwich, Richmond Hill and Thorpe Hamlet, in Norwich and Broadland.
About 29,224 people lived in NR1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £219,000 in 2025 across 466 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 180.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR1 was £219,000 in 2025.
NR1 had 28,532 usual residents at the census.
In NR1, 84.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NR1, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.