NR32
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lowestoft, Roman Hill and Gunton, in East Suffolk.
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 NR32 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NR32, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NR32 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR32 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR32 at a rate of 106.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across NR.
In August 2026 alone, 360 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR32.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,795), other crime (666) and anti-social behaviour (536).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR32 was 91.5 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 NR32, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR32 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR32
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Suffolk 001A | 1,573 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 001B | 1,473 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.3% |
| East Suffolk 001C | 1,398 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| East Suffolk 001D | 1,143 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.4% |
| East Suffolk 001E | 1,049 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.0% |
| East Suffolk 002A | 1,508 | 138.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 002B | 1,282 | 149.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| East Suffolk 002C | 1,168 | 151.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.1% |
| East Suffolk 002D | 1,415 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| East Suffolk 002E | 2,609 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 003A | 1,623 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.4% |
| East Suffolk 003B | 2,201 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| East Suffolk 003C | 1,419 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 003D | 1,539 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 003E | 1,366 | 22.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 004A | 1,412 | 120.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| East Suffolk 004B | 1,573 | 84.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| East Suffolk 004C | 1,784 | 261.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.6% |
| East Suffolk 004D | 2,032 | 347.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| East Suffolk 004E | 1,491 | 158.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| East Suffolk 004F | 1,440 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| East Suffolk 005B | 1,489 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.5% |
| East Suffolk 005C | 1,564 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| East Suffolk 006A | 1,892 | 340.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| East Suffolk 007C | 1,313 | 20.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| East Suffolk 007D | 1,636 | 14.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.8% |
Your MP
- Jess AsatoLabourMP for Lowestoft
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 NR324
Postcode sectors in NR326
Council1
Towns in NR321
Postcode districts next to NR322
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NR postcode area2
NR32 in brief
NR32 is a postcode district covering Lowestoft, Roman Hill and Gunton, in East Suffolk.
About 41,255 people lived in NR32 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 560 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 106.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR32 was £220,000 in 2025.
NR32 had 40,391 usual residents at the census.
In NR32, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NR32, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.