NR6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Norwich, Hellesdon and Old Catton, in Broadland and 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 NR6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NR6, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NR6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR6 at a rate of 55.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across NR.
In August 2026 alone, 119 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (637), other crime (245) and anti-social behaviour (171).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR6 was 59.0 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 NR6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR6 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadland 009A | 1,382 | 17.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Broadland 009B | 2,491 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| Broadland 009C | 1,413 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Broadland 009D | 1,466 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.7% |
| Broadland 009E | 1,743 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.3% |
| Broadland 010A | 1,334 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Broadland 010B | 1,381 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Broadland 010C | 1,396 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Broadland 010D | 1,572 | 120.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.4% |
| Broadland 011A | 1,840 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Broadland 011B | 1,888 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Broadland 011C | 1,714 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Norwich 001A | 2,678 | 102.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.0% |
| Norwich 001C | 1,566 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
MPs for NR6
- Alice MacdonaldLabour (Co-op)MP for Norwich North94% of NR6’s postcodes
- Clive LewisLabourMP for Norwich South4.4% of NR6’s postcodes
- Jerome MayhewConservativeMP for Broadland and Fakenham1.7% of NR6’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 NR63
Postcode sectors in NR63
Councils NR6 covers2
Towns in NR61
Postcode districts next to NR68
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NR postcode area2
NR6 in brief
NR6 is a postcode district covering Norwich, Hellesdon and Old Catton, in Broadland and Norwich.
About 26,089 people lived in NR6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 494 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 55.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR6 was £275,000 in 2025.
NR6 had 24,866 usual residents at the census.
In NR6, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NR6, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.