NR5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Norwich, Bowthorpe and North Earlham, in Norwich 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 NR5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NR5, 95.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NR5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR5 at a rate of 84.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across NR.
In August 2026 alone, 224 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,241), other crime (473) and shoplifting (356).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR5 was 86.7 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 NR5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR5 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich 005A | 1,518 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.9% |
| Norwich 005B | 1,389 | 74.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.7% |
| Norwich 005C | 1,876 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Norwich 005D | 2,043 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.2% |
| Norwich 005F | 2,065 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Norwich 005G | 2,064 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Norwich 005H | 2,079 | 133.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.2% |
| Norwich 006B | 1,548 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |
| Norwich 006C | 2,043 | 98.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Norwich 006E | 1,681 | 123.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Norwich 006F | 1,785 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Norwich 006G | 1,539 | 137.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Norwich 010D | 1,755 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.6% |
| South Norfolk 016F | 1,487 | 206.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.1% |
| South Norfolk 017A | 2,031 | 15.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.9% |
| South Norfolk 017B | 1,642 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| South Norfolk 017C | 1,392 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| South Norfolk 017D | 2,470 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.2% |
MPs for NR5
- Clive LewisLabourMP for Norwich South86% of NR5’s postcodes
- Ben GoldsboroughLabourMP for South Norfolk12% of NR5’s postcodes
- Alice MacdonaldLabour (Co-op)MP for Norwich North1.7% of NR5’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 NR53
Postcode sectors in NR54
Councils NR5 covers2
Towns in NR51
Postcode districts next to NR55
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NR postcode area2
NR5 in brief
NR5 is a postcode district covering Norwich, Bowthorpe and North Earlham, in Norwich and South Norfolk.
About 34,080 people lived in NR5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £249,000 in 2025 across 277 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 84.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR5 was £249,000 in 2025.
NR5 had 32,754 usual residents at the census.
In NR5, 95.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NR5, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.