NR2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Norwich, Heigham Grove and Arlington, in Norwich.
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 NR2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NR2, 89.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NR2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR2 at a rate of 151.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across NR.
In August 2026 alone, 401 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,277), shoplifting (868) and other crime (772).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR2 was 154.6 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 NR2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR2 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich 006A | 1,981 | 75.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Norwich 006D | 1,687 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% |
| Norwich 009A | 1,510 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Norwich 009B | 1,504 | 10.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Norwich 009C | 1,472 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.4% |
| Norwich 009D | 1,534 | 21.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Norwich 009E | 1,550 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| Norwich 009F | 1,614 | 16.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Norwich 010B | 1,628 | 135.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.9% |
| Norwich 010E | 1,356 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Norwich 011E | 1,781 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Norwich 011F | 1,545 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.9% |
| Norwich 011G | 1,145 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Norwich 011H | 1,486 | 145.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.0% |
| Norwich 016A | 1,432 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.0% |
| Norwich 016C | 1,617 | 144.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.2% |
| Norwich 016D | 1,780 | 369.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.6% |
| Norwich 017B | 2,782 | 662.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 47.7% |
MPs for NR2
- Clive LewisLabourMP for Norwich South99% of NR2’s postcodes
- Alice MacdonaldLabour (Co-op)MP for Norwich North0.5% of NR2’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 NR24
Postcode sectors in NR24
Council1
Towns in NR21
Postcode districts next to NR25
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NR postcode area2
NR2 in brief
NR2 is a postcode district covering Norwich, Heigham Grove and Arlington, in Norwich.
About 28,829 people lived in NR2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £270,000 in 2025 across 456 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 151.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR2 was £270,000 in 2025.
NR2 had 27,879 usual residents at the census.
In NR2, 89.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NR2, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.