# NR32 2DS: area report for a postcode in East Suffolk

NR32 2DS is a postcode in East Suffolk.

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 East Suffolk. Open the map at NR32 2DS for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [East Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/east-suffolk) › [NR32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr32) › [NR32 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr32-2)

## Around this postcode

- **121 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 5% on July. East Suffolk 004D: 347 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS
- **Lowestoft, 490 m**: About 6 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 320 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS
- **No property in NR32 2DS 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=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, East Suffolk 004D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS
- **£276,301 average price**: For the whole of East Suffolk, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 440 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 390 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at NR32 2DS**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS
- **Moderate road and rail noise at NR32 2DS**: Road 56 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS
- **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=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS
- **8.7 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ness Point School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ness-point-school-e148425) | Special | 320 m (4 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Roman Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/roman-hill-primary-school-e145559) | Primary | 330 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [East Coast College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/east-coast-college-e130819) | Sixth form and further education | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Margaret's Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-margarets-primary-academy-e141984) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/northfield-st-nicholas-primary-academy-e142016) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2022 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Poplars Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/poplars-community-primary-school-e145541) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Include Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/school/include-suffolk-e138877) | Independent | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [The Ashley School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-ashley-school-e137459) | Special | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, May 2023 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2025 | £135,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| April 2026 | £105,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| April 2024 | £100,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| December 2025 | £168,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| March 2023 | £196,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| June 2025 | £170,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| July 2026 | £120,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| February 2025 | £182,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Lowestoft (490 m, 6 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: ALEXANDRA & CRESTVIEW SURGERIES (440 m)
- Pharmacies: ALEXANDRA ROAD PHARMACY (440 m); BOOTS (490 m)
- Dental practices: COLOSSEUM DENTAL (WILLIAMS) (410 m); REGENT ROAD DENTAL SURGERY (410 m); REGENT ROAD ORTHODONTIC CLINIC (410 m); WHAPLOAD ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (730 m); DENTAL SURGERY (730 m)
- Supermarkets: Iceland Lowestoft (390 m, Iceland); Tesco Lowestoft Express (440 m, Tesco); M&S Lowestoft (490 m, Marks and Spencer); Iceland Lowestoft Food Warehouse (810 m, Iceland); Morrisons Lowestoft (810 m, Morrisons)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £276,301** (July 2026). East Suffolk’s average house price was £276,301 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.0% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,793** (2025). Full-time workers living in East Suffolk earned a median of £36,793 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 117th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.5×** (2025). A home in East Suffolk costs 7.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 161st least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 20.3** (2025). East Suffolk has a deprivation score of 20.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 130th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## East Suffolk 004D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 72.7** (2025). East Suffolk 004D has a deprivation score of 72.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 180th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £114,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in East Suffolk 004D was £114,500 in 2025. Joint 679th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,032** (2021). East Suffolk 004D had 2,032 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 4,816th 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: 97.8%** (January 2026). In East Suffolk 004D, 97.8% 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.

## NR32 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in NR32 was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 517th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 40,391** (2021). NR32 had 40,391 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 445th 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 NR32 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: 96.9%** (January 2026). In NR32, 96.9% 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: [East Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/east-suffolk)
- Centre: 52.4785, 1.7469

Council: [East Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/east-suffolk) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Lowestoft](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/lowestoft): Jess Asato (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), July 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=1.7469,52.4785,NR322DS

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/nr32-2ds.

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