NR20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Dereham, in Breckland.
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 NR20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NR20, 47.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NR20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR20 at a rate of 37.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across NR.
In August 2026 alone, 57 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (412), other crime (132) and criminal damage and arson (94).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR20 was 34.6 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 NR20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR20 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breckland 001C | 1,608 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 40.5% |
| Breckland 001E | 1,116 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 47.9% |
| Breckland 001F | 2,291 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 11.3% |
| Breckland 002A | 2,143 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 28.8% |
| Breckland 002D | 2,423 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 44.1% |
| Breckland 003B | 1,433 | 134.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% |
| Breckland 003C | 2,348 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.8% |
| Breckland 004B | 1,711 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.9% |
| Breckland 006A | 1,501 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 44.9% |
| Breckland 006B | 1,605 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 70.9% |
| Breckland 006C | 1,344 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 22.5% |
| Broadland 002A | 1,448 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 11.5% |
MPs for NR20
- George FreemanConservativeMP for Mid Norfolk87% of NR20’s postcodes
- Jerome MayhewConservativeMP for Broadland and Fakenham13% of NR20’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 NR203
Postcode sectors in NR203
Council1
Towns in NR201
Postcode districts next to NR207
More in the NR postcode area2
NR20 in brief
NR20 is a postcode district covering Dereham, in Breckland.
About 20,845 people lived in NR20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 351 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 37.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR20 was £320,000 in 2025.
NR20 had 20,061 usual residents at the census.
In NR20, 47.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NR20, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.