NR7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Norwich, Heartsease and Thorpe St Andrew, 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 NR7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NR7, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NR7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NR7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NR7 at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 74.0 per 1,000 people across NR.
In August 2026 alone, 154 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NR7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (752), other crime (279) and anti-social behaviour (270).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NR7 was 51.0 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 NR7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NR7 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NR7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadland 012A | 1,324 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.5% |
| Broadland 012B | 1,106 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| Broadland 012C | 1,501 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |
| Broadland 012D | 1,415 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Broadland 013A | 1,324 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| Broadland 013B | 2,259 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Broadland 013C | 1,448 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.8% |
| Broadland 013D | 1,314 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.4% |
| Broadland 013F | 1,698 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.0% |
| Broadland 013G | 1,486 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Broadland 015A | 1,448 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.8% |
| Broadland 015B | 1,647 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Broadland 015C | 1,491 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| Broadland 015D | 1,391 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.2% |
| Broadland 015E | 1,389 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Broadland 016A | 1,697 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Broadland 016B | 1,818 | 98.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.0% |
| Broadland 016C | 2,004 | 24.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Broadland 016D | 1,644 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.8% |
| Norwich 004A | 1,557 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.8% |
| Norwich 004B | 1,530 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| Norwich 004C | 1,533 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Norwich 004G | 1,509 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 83.0% |
MPs for NR7
- Alice MacdonaldLabour (Co-op)MP for Norwich North98% of NR7’s postcodes
- Jerome MayhewConservativeMP for Broadland and Fakenham1.1% of NR7’s postcodes
- Clive LewisLabourMP for Norwich South0.7% of NR7’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 NR75
Postcode sectors in NR74
Councils NR7 covers2
Towns in NR71
Postcode districts next to NR74
Nearest rail stations3
More in the NR postcode area2
NR7 in brief
NR7 is a postcode district covering Norwich, Heartsease and Thorpe St Andrew, in Broadland and Norwich.
About 35,146 people lived in NR7 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 590 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NR7 was £275,000 in 2025.
NR7 had 33,936 usual residents at the census.
In NR7, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NR7, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.