NR34
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Beccles and Worlingham, in East Suffolk and South 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 NR34 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NR34, 76.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NR34 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR34 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR34 at a rate of 46.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across NR.
In August 2026 alone, 86 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR34.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (463), other crime (177) and anti-social behaviour (104).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR34 was 49.7 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 NR34, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR34 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR34
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Suffolk 010A | 1,798 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.8% |
| East Suffolk 010B | 1,638 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.5% |
| East Suffolk 010C | 1,597 | 136.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.3% |
| East Suffolk 010D | 1,485 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.1% |
| East Suffolk 010E | 1,695 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| East Suffolk 011A | 1,853 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| East Suffolk 011B | 2,108 | 31.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 43.9% |
| East Suffolk 011C | 1,436 | 16.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| East Suffolk 011D | 1,664 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 60.4% |
| East Suffolk 011E | 1,424 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.0% |
| East Suffolk 014B | 2,346 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 58.6% |
| South Norfolk 010A | 1,464 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 44.2% |
| South Norfolk 010C | 1,511 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 23.7% |
MPs for NR34
- Jess AsatoLabourMP for Lowestoft54% of NR34’s postcodes
- Adrian RamsayGreen PartyMP for Waveney Valley20% of NR34’s postcodes
- Jenny Riddell-CarpenterLabourMP for Suffolk Coastal15% of NR34’s postcodes
- Ben GoldsboroughLabourMP for South Norfolk11% of NR34’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 NR342
Postcode sectors in NR345
Councils NR34 covers2
Towns in NR341
Postcode districts next to NR345
Nearest rail stations2
More in the NR postcode area2
NR34 in brief
NR34 is a postcode district covering Beccles and Worlingham, in East Suffolk and South Norfolk.
About 22,410 people lived in NR34 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £285,000 in 2025 across 375 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR34 was £285,000 in 2025.
NR34 had 22,136 usual residents at the census.
In NR34, 76.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NR34, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.