NR3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Norwich, Upper Hellesdon and New Catton, 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 NR3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NR3, 84.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NR3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR3 at a rate of 129.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across NR.
In August 2026 alone, 442 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,894), other crime (771) and anti-social behaviour (704).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR3 was 125.7 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 NR3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR3 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich 001B | 1,554 | 77.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Norwich 001D | 2,137 | 211.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.9% |
| Norwich 001E | 1,568 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Norwich 001F | 1,672 | 144.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Norwich 002A | 1,692 | 168.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Norwich 002B | 2,173 | 127.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.2% |
| Norwich 002C | 1,367 | 148.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.3% |
| Norwich 002D | 1,317 | 90.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.0% |
| Norwich 002E | 1,495 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Norwich 002F | 1,564 | 146.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Norwich 002G | 1,594 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| Norwich 003A | 1,434 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| Norwich 003B | 1,751 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.2% |
| Norwich 003C | 1,910 | 95.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Norwich 003D | 1,866 | 111.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |
| Norwich 003E | 1,576 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.1% |
| Norwich 003F | 1,815 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Norwich 015A | 1,865 | 142.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.1% |
| Norwich 016B | 1,635 | 227.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.2% |
| Norwich 017A | 2,156 | 316.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 44.6% |
MPs for NR3
- Alice MacdonaldLabour (Co-op)MP for Norwich North75% of NR3’s postcodes
- Clive LewisLabourMP for Norwich South25% of NR3’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 NR33
Postcode sectors in NR34
Council1
Towns in NR31
Postcode districts next to NR34
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NR postcode area2
NR3 in brief
NR3 is a postcode district covering Norwich, Upper Hellesdon and New Catton, in Norwich.
About 35,181 people lived in NR3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £213,000 in 2025 across 481 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 129.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR3 was £213,000 in 2025.
NR3 had 34,572 usual residents at the census.
In NR3, 84.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NR3, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.