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NR24

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Briston and Melton Constable, in North Norfolk.

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 NR24 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In NR24, 10.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£275,750
968th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
4,301
417th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
10.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How NR24 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

NR24Middle
Median sale price35 postcode districts, NR · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in NR35 areas from £192,000 to £441,500. The middle area is £287,000. NR24 is £275,750.
£275,75015th cheapest
Population35 postcode districts, NR · 2021
Population: every postcode district in NR35 areas from 785 to 50,800. The middle area is 21,342. NR24 is 4,301.
4,3013rd least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage35 postcode districts, NR · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in NR35 areas from 10.7% to 98.5%. The middle area is 77.1%. NR24 is 10.7%.
10.7%lowest
Claimant rate34 postcode districts, NR · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in NR34 areas from 1.8% to 7.5%. The middle area is 2.6%. NR24 is 2.1%.
2.1%joint 5th lowest

Is NR24 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR24 at a rate of 37.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across NR.

In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR24.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (77), anti-social behaviour (33) and other crime (31).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR24 was 32.6 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 NR24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR24 has no single figure. Of its 2 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in NR24

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
North Norfolk 008A2,19245.8 per 1,000314.8%
North Norfolk 008B2,54737.4 per 1,00047.7%

MPs for NR24

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 NR241

Postcode sectors in NR241

Council1

Postcode districts next to NR244

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NR24 in brief

NR24 is a postcode district covering Briston and Melton Constable, in North Norfolk.

About 4,421 people lived in NR24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,750 in 2025 across 62 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 37.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in NR24 was £275,750 in 2025.

NR24 had 4,301 usual residents at the census.

In NR24, 10.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In NR24, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.