# NR2 2BB: area report for a postcode in Norwich

NR2 2BB is a postcode in Norwich.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Norwich. Open the map at NR2 2BB for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich) › [NR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr2) › [NR2 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr2-2)

## Around this postcode

- **32 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 20% on July. Norwich 011E: 32 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB
- **Norwich, 1.9 km**: About 23 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB
- **6 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 490 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB
- **No property in NR2 2BB listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Norwich 011E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB
- **£227,535 average price**: For the whole of Norwich, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 480 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB
- **9 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 130 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at NR2 2BB**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB
- **Low road and rail noise at NR2 2BB**: Road 41 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB
- **10.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bignold Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bignold-primary-school-and-nursery-e144640) | Primary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2022 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Avenue Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/avenue-junior-school-e120928) | Primary | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Norwich High School for Girls GDST](https://openindex.co.uk/school/norwich-high-school-for-girls-gdst-e121241) | Independent | 680 m (8 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Town Close Co-Educational Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/town-close-co-educational-preparatory-school-e121237) | Independent | 700 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Red Balloon Educational Trust-Norfolk](https://openindex.co.uk/school/red-balloon-educational-trust-norfolk-e150112) | Special | 720 m (9 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [The Parkside School, Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-parkside-school-norwich-e121262) | Special | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | – |
| [Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/norwich-city-college-of-further-and-higher-education-e130764) | Sixth form and further education | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Recreation Road Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/recreation-road-infant-school-e134964) | Primary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £630,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| March 2026 | £500,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| July 2025 | £395,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| January 2026 | £580,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| March 2026 | £384,250 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| June 2026 | £241,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| February 2026 | £342,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| August 2026 | £450,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: ST STEPHENS GATE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP (480 m); WEST POTTERGATE MED PRAC (760 m)
- Pharmacies: HURN CHEMIST (170 m); VAUXHALL STREET PHARMACY (210 m); ST STEPHENS GATE PHARMACY (480 m); BOOTS (700 m); SUPERDRUG PHARMACY (870 m)
- Dental practices: CORNER HOUSE DENTAL PRACTICE (290 m); NR2 DENTAL STUDIO (460 m); NORFOLK DENTAL SPECIALISTS (710 m); DENTAL SURGERY (750 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Norwich Unthank Rd Express (130 m, Tesco); Co-op Onley Street Foodstore (270 m, East of England Co-operative); Iceland Norwich 3 (770 m, Iceland); Tesco Norwich Grove Rd Express (860 m, Tesco); Co-op Norwich - Earlham Road (890 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £227,535** (August 2026). Norwich’s average house price was £227,535 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 2.0% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £35,263** (2025). Full-time workers living in Norwich earned a median of £35,263 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 74th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.5×** (2025). A home in Norwich costs 6.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 129th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 26.3** (2025). Norwich has a deprivation score of 26.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 65th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Norwich 011E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 12.3** (2025). Norwich 011E has a deprivation score of 12.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 11,444th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £276,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Norwich 011E was £276,500 in 2025. Joint 14,114th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,781** (2021). Norwich 011E had 1,781 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 10,500th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.6%** (January 2026). In Norwich 011E, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## NR2 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £270,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in NR2 was £270,000 in 2025. Joint 895th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 27,879** (2021). NR2 had 27,879 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,039th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in NR2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.6%** (January 2026). In NR2, 89.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich)
- Centre: 52.6242, 1.2798

Council: [Norwich](https://openindex.co.uk/norwich) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Norwich South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/norwich-south): Clive Lewis (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=1.2798,52.6242,NR22BB

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr2-2bb